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NY A02332
Bill
Status
1/18/2011
Primary Sponsor
Peter Rivera
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AI Summary
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Requires retail motor vehicle dealers in New York City who negotiate primarily in a non-English language to provide consumers with an unsigned translation of the contract in that language prior to execution.
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Allows consumers to cancel a motor vehicle sales contract if the dealer fails to provide the required translation, with cancellation effective upon written notice to the dealer.
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Prohibits dealers from imposing penalties or obligations on consumers who cancel under this provision, and requires dealers to repurchase assigned contracts from financial institutions when cancellation occurs.
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Establishes that the English-language contract determines the parties' rights and obligations, but permits non-English translations as evidence only to demonstrate material term differences that would void the contract.
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law and applies to contracts entered into on or after that effective date.
Legislative Description
Requires the terms of a motor vehicle sales contract entered into in the city of New York to be written in the language in which such contract was negotiated; requires retail motor vehicle dealers who negotiate primarily in any language other than English to deliver to the consumer a translation of such contract in the language in which such contract was negotiated; provides remedies to aggrieved consumers.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/4/2012