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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3270
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
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 § 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.
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