Bill Text: NY S05275 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5275 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires automobile dealers to display a fuel economy label on all new vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05275 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05275-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5275
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
         automobile dealers display a fuel economy label on all new vehicles
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 416-c to read as follows:
    3    S  416-C.  FUEL  ECONOMY  LABEL  REQUIREMENTS. 1. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL
    4  AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN FOR ANY MANUFACTURER  TO  SELL  OR
    5  LEASE  OR  TO  OFFER  TO  SELL OR LEASE IN THIS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
    6  REGISTRATION IN THIS STATE ANY NEW PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE  MANUFACTURED
    7  OR  ASSEMBLED AFTER SAID DATE DESIGNATED AS A TWO THOUSAND TEN OR SUBSE-
    8  QUENT MODEL, EXCEPT OMNIBUS AND MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES,  UNLESS
    9  SUCH  VEHICLE HAS AFFIXED THERETO A "GALLONS PER MILE FUEL IMPACT STATE-
   10  MENT".  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE THE FORMAT, SIZE, TYPE LEGIBIL-
   11  ITY AND PLACEMENT OF SUCH STATEMENT.  THE "GALLONS-PER-MILE FUEL  IMPACT
   12  STATEMENT"  SHALL SET FORTH THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF GALLONS THE VEHICLE IS
   13  EXPECTED TO USE WHEN TRAVELING A  DISTANCE  OF  ONE  THOUSAND  MILES  OF
   14  COMBINED CITY AND HIGHWAY MILEAGE.
   15    2.  ANY  MANUFACTURER  WHO  VIOLATES  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
   16  WITHOUT JUST CAUSE, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL FINE OF  NOT  MORE  THAN
   17  ONE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS PER VEHICLE WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THERE HAS BEEN A
   18  VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.  CIVIL  PENALTIES  SO  ASSESSED  MAY  NOT  BE
   19  DEDUCTED  AS AN EXPENSE FROM ANY TAX LIABILITY DUE TO ANY LOCAL OR STATE
   20  TAX JURISDICTION.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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