Price Displays*

NYC Admin. Code tit. 20, ch. 4, subch. 9

in effect

NYC Admin. Code § 20-691 Price displays.

§ 20-691 Price displays. a. In any food store which has one or more cash registers with item cost indicators, said indicators shall at all times remain visible to customers making payment for items purchased or for services rendered. b. Cash registers purchased for use in food stores in the city on and after the effective date of this section shall have item cost indicators and shall comply with the requirements of subdivision a hereof. c. For the purpose of this section, "food store" shall be defined as a store selling primarily food and food products, cosmetics or toiletries at retail, for consumption or use off the premises. d. For the purposes of this section, "food" and "food products" shall be defined as all material, solid, liquid or mixed, whether simple or compound, used or intended for consumption by human beings or domestic animals normally kept as household pets and all substances or ingredients to be added thereto for any purpose. e. For the purposes of this section, "cash register" shall be defined as any business machine designed for the purpose of, or which may be used for, the aggregation of several items or units of measure in number form as a total selling price. Cash register shall include, but not be limited to, devices which have a cash drawer or other cash receptacle or depository. f. For the purposes of this section "item cost indicators" shall be defined as any indicator either built in to a cash register or appurtenant thereto, which mechanically or electronically, or in any other way, indicates or displays the price charged for each item or unit of measure purchased.

NYC Admin. Code § 20-692 Punishment.

§ 20-692 Punishment. a. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of subdivisions a or b of section 20-691 shall be subject to a civil penalty of fifty dollars for the first violation, one hundred dollars for the second violation and one hundred fifty dollars for the third and any subsequent violation, except that a person shall be subject to a civil penalty of zero dollars for a first violation of subdivision a or b of section 20-691 of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, if such person proves to the satisfaction of the department, within thirty days of the issuance of the notice of violation and prior to the commencement of an adjudication of the violation, that the violation has been cured. The submission of proof of a cure, if accepted by the department as proof that the violation has been cured, shall be deemed an admission of liability for all purposes. The option of presenting proof that the violation has been cured shall be offered as part of any settlement offer made by the department to a person who has received, for the first time, a notice of violation of subdivision a or b of section 20-691 of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. The department shall permit such proof to be submitted electronically or in person. A person may seek review, in the department's administrative tribunal, of the determination that the person has not submitted proof of a cure within fifteen days of receiving written notification of such determination. b. Each day a violation is continued shall constitute a separate violation. (Am. L.L. 2021/080, 7/18/2021, eff. 11/15/2021) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/080.

NYC Admin. Code § 20-693 Rules and regulations.

§ 20-693 Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he or she shall deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.

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