Bill Text: NY A00680 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to oil change requirements in relation to stickers or decals that provide mileage information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A00680 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00680-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           680
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. NIOU -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection
        AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  oil  change
          requirements
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  391-u to read as follows:
     3    § 391-u. Oil change requirements. 1. As  used  in  this  section,  the
     4  following  terms  shall mean: (a) "lubricating oil" means all petroleum-
     5  based or synthetic oil that is suitable for use as  a  lubricant  or  is
     6  sold for use as a lubricant.
     7    (b)  "service  establishment"  means  every automobile service station
     8  including gas only outlets and any other retail outlet selling at  least
     9  five  hundred gallons of lubricating oil annually and having an on-prem-
    10  ises oil changing operation.
    11    (c) "on-premises oil changing operation" means any establishment  that
    12  drains or collects used oil and replaces the used oil with new lubricat-
    13  ing oil.
    14    2.  (a)  Any  on-premises  oil changing operation that performs an oil
    15  change and provides a consumer with a decal, sticker, or  other  similar
    16  indicator  of  a motor vehicle's mileage is prohibited from causing such
    17  decal, sticker, or other indicator to include any mileage other than the
    18  motor vehicle's actual mileage, rounded to the nearest full mile, on the
    19  odometer at the time of the oil change.
    20    (b) Service establishments shall be required  to  post  a  conspicuous
    21  sign, open to public view, stating the following:
    22    "Oil  changes  every  3,000  miles do not necessarily result in better
    23  vehicle performance or longer engine life. Refer to your  manufacturer's
    24  recommended maintenance schedule for oil change guidance."
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02250-01-9
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     1    (c) Service establishments that include the language required pursuant
     2  to  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision on each and every decal, sticker,
     3  or other similar indicator in a font size that is as large as the  larg-
     4  est  font size thereon are exempt from the requirements of paragraph (b)
     5  of this subdivision.
     6    3.  A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty
     7  of not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and not more
     8  than one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law.