STATE OF NEW YORK
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581
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the rental of
motor vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs c and d of subdivision 1 of section 391-1 of the
2 general business law, as added by chapter 573 of the laws of 1980 and
3 such section as redesignated by chapter 694 of the laws of 1995, are
4 amended and two new paragraphs e and f are added to read as follows:
5 c. "Motor vehicle" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto by section
6 one hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law; [and]
7 d. "Credit card" shall mean any credit card, credit plate, charge
8 plate or other identification card or device which is issued by a person
9 to another person as the holder thereof, and may be used by such holder
10 to obtain a cash advance or a loan or credit, or to purchase or rent
11 property or services on the credit of the person issuing the credit card
12 or of the holder[.];
13 e. "Authorized driver" shall mean: (i) the person to whom the vehicle
14 is rented if a licensed driver; (ii) such person's spouse if licensed
15 and at least eighteen years of age; (iii) any person who operates the
16 vehicle during an emergency situation to a medical facility; or (iv) any
17 licensed driver expressly listed on the rental agreement as an author-
18 ized driver; and
19 f. "Rental agreement" means any written agreement setting forth terms
20 and conditions governing the authorized driver's use of a rental vehi-
21 cle, as defined in section one hundred thirty-seven-a of the vehicle and
22 traffic law, for a period not to exceed thirty continuous days.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 391-l of the general business law, as
2 added by chapter 573 of the laws of 1980 and such section as redesig-
3 nated by chapter 694 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
4 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association
5 or corporation engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles to
6 refuse to rent such vehicle to any person solely on the requirement of
7 ownership of a credit card or require any person to own a credit card in
8 order to operate a vehicle or enter into a rental agreement.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
10 have become a law.
