NYCAC

Subchapter 9* - PRICE DISPLAYS¶

Section 20-691¶

Section 20-691

  §  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.

Section 20-692¶

Section 20-692

  §  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 not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one
hundred fifty dollars for each violation.
  b. Each day a violation  is  continued  shall  constitute  a  separate
violation.

Section 20-693¶

Section 20-693

  § 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.