Bill Text: NY A06147 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Allows for hands-free gas dispensing at self-service gas stations in Nassau county by equipping hold open clips on gasoline and diesel fuel dispensing nozzles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A06147 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06147-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6147--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. DARLING -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
          hands-free  gas  dispensing at self-service gas stations in the county
          of Nassau

          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  396-xx to read as follows:
     3    §  396-xx.  Hands-free  gas  dispensing  in the county of Nassau.   1.
     4  Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the  contrary,  any
     5  person,  firm  or corporation owning or operating a premises or facility
     6  for the retail sale of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles and  offer-
     7  ing  self-service in the county of Nassau at the time this section takes
     8  effect shall be required to equip gasoline and  diesel  fuel  dispensing
     9  nozzles  on  the  premises  with hold open clips to allow for hands-free
    10  gasoline and diesel fuel dispensing.
    11    2. Such hands-free gasoline and diesel fuel dispensing  nozzles  shall
    12  only be acceptable for use if:
    13    (a)  the  gasoline  and diesel fuel dispensing nozzles meet acceptable
    14  safety standards as set forth by law, rule or regulation; and
    15    (b) a sign is posted in a clear and conspicuous manner indicating that
    16  any person, other than an attendant, who uses a hands-free  gasoline  or
    17  diesel  fuel  dispensing  nozzle shall remain within ten feet and within
    18  plain sight of the refueling point during any refueling operation.
    19    3. It shall be the responsibility of the person, firm  or  corporation
    20  owning  or operating a premises or facility for the retail sale of motor
    21  fuels for use in motor vehicles in the county of Nassau  to  familiarize

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06987-03-3
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     1  attendant  employees  of such premises or facility with the location and
     2  operation of the stations' emergency fuel shut-off switch.
     3    4.  Any new premises or facility being constructed for the retail sale
     4  of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles in the county of  Nassau  shall
     5  be  required,  at the time of initial construction, to equip every gaso-
     6  line and diesel fuel dispensing nozzle on the premises with a hold  open
     7  clip to allow for hands-free gasoline and diesel fuel dispensing.
     8    5.  For purposes of this section, "hold open clip" means a small metal
     9  lever within a gas pump handle which allows a gasoline  or  diesel  fuel
    10  dispensing nozzle to continue pumping gasoline or diesel fuel without an
    11  individual having to manually and continuously hold the gas pump handle.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect ninety days after it shall have become
    13  a law.