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N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 399-o

Selling prices and container deposits

2014-09-22

§ 399-o. Selling prices and container deposits. Every person, firm,\npartnership, corporation or association which sells, offers for sale, or\nexposes for sale at retail an item for which the seller is required by\nstate or local law, ordinance or rule, to collect from the purchaser a\nrefundable deposit on beverage containers, shall not include the cost of\nthe mandated deposit when displaying the selling price of the item\nthrough item pricing tags, point-of-sale signs, advertisements, or any\nother means by which consumers might be informed of the cost of the\nitem. Nothing in this section shall prevent the seller from separately\nindicating the amount of the deposit provided, however, that the deposit\nis excluded from the indicated total cost and it is appropriately\nidentified as a deposit.\n

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