Bill Text: NY A03270 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3270 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that no vehicle rental company shall utilize a global positioning system to track an authorized driver in order to impose fines or surcharges relating to the use of a rented vehicle by such driver.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A03270 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03270-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3270
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SPANO, BENEDETTO, CASTRO, HOOPER, STEVENSON,
         BURLING -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, McDONOUGH,  PRETLOW,
         SCARBOROUGH,  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  the  use  of
         global positioning systems by car rental companies
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 396-z of the general business  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
    3    12-A.  NO  RENTAL  VEHICLE  COMPANY SHALL UTILIZE A GLOBAL POSITIONING
    4  SYSTEM TO TRACK AN  AUTHORIZED  DRIVER  IN  ORDER  TO  IMPOSE  FINES  OR
    5  SURCHARGES RELATING TO SUCH DRIVER'S USE OF THE RENTAL VEHICLE.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
    7  amendments  to section 396-z of the general business law made by section
    8  one of this act shall survive the repeal and reversion of  such  section
    9  as provided by section 4 of chapter 656 of the laws of 2002, as amended.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07861-01-1