§ 369-EEE — Telecommunication-related and energy-related prohibitions as to prize boxes

§ 369-eee. Telecommunication-related and energy-related prohibitions\nas to prize boxes. 1. No box or container used to collect entries for\nsweepstakes or a contest may, at the same time, be used to collect\nletters of authorization or other documents that constitute\nauthorizations by consumers to change their primary long distance\ncarriers or to receive or purchase natural gas, electric service, or any\nother telecommunication services.\n 2. Enforcement by attorney general. Whenever there shall be a\nviolation of this article, application may be made by the attorney\ngeneral in the name of the people of the state of New York to a court or\njustice having jurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an\ninjunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days,\nto enjoin and restrain the continuance of such violation; and if it\nshall appear to the satisfaction of the court or justice that the\ndefendant has, in fact, violated this article, an injunction may be\nissued by such court or justice, enjoining and restraining any further\nviolation, without requiring proof that any person has, in fact, been\ninjured or damaged thereby. In any such proceeding, the court may make\nallowances to the attorney general as provided in paragraph six of\nsubdivision (a) of section eighty-three hundred three of the civil\npractice law and rules, and direct restitution. Whenever the court shall\ndetermine that a violation of this article has occurred, the court may\nimpose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each\nviolation. In connection with any such proposed application, the\nattorney general is authorized to take proof and make a determination of\nthe relevant fact and to issue subpoenas in accordance with the civil\npractice law and rules.\n