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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » GBS - General Business » Article 29-B - Prohibited Credit Card Practices Involving Providers of Travel Services

523 – Definitions.

§ 523. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. “Travel services” means public transportation, public accommodations in hotels, motels or motor courts, rental of motor vehicles or any other service related to travel. 2. “Provider of travel services” means every person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing travel, transportation or vacation services. […]

524 – Application.

§ 524. Application. This article shall apply with respect to any transaction involving the furnishing of travel services to a consumer where a credit card is used to obtain credit and where the provider of travel services is a person other than the credit card issuer.

525 – Prohibited Practices.

§ 525. Prohibited practices. 1. It shall be unlawful for a provider of travel services to communicate with a credit card issuer for the purpose of reserving or setting aside any specified amount of credit in a consumer’s credit card account to ensure payment for services to be rendered unless prior to such communication the […]

526 – Enforcement.

§ 526. Enforcement. The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the people of the state to restrain or prevent any violation of this article or any continuance of any such violation.