Bill Text: NY S02653 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2653 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits any motor vehicle rental agency in this state from charging more than ten percent above the average price of gasoline charged at gas stations located within a five mile radius of such agency's location, for the cost of refueling a rental vehicle upon its return.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-27 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S02653 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02653-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2653
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 27, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to excessive refu-
         eling charges by motor vehicle rental agencies
         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-r to read as follows:
    3    S  391-R.  RENTAL  OF  MOTOR VEHICLES; EXCESSIVE REFUELING CHARGES. 1.
    4  DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
    5    A. "MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL AGENCY," OR "AGENCY,"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON
    6  ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF RENTING MOTOR VEHICLES IN THIS STATE;
    7    B.  "PERSON"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, CORPORATION OR OTHER
    8  LEGAL ENTITY;
    9    C. "MOTOR VEHICLE" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ASCRIBED THERETO BY  SECTION
   10  ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   11    2.  IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL AGENCY TO CHARGE
   12  A PERSON WHO RENTS A MOTOR  VEHICLE  FROM  SUCH  AGENCY  MORE  THAN  TEN
   13  PERCENT ABOVE THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GASOLINE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF
   14  SUCH  AGENCY'S  LOCATION  AS THE COST OF REFUELING SUCH VEHICLE UPON ITS
   15  RETURN.
   16    3. ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONSTITUTE  A  MISDEMEANOR  AND
   17  SHALL  BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR
   18  NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DAYS IN JAIL, OR BOTH.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   20  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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