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A02051 Summary:

BILL NO	A02051
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Lentol
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §192, Ag & Mkts L
Prohibits gas stations from advertising only cash discounted prices.

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A02051 Actions:

BILL NO	A02051
01/17/2017	referred to agriculture
01/03/2018	referred to agriculture

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A02051 Committee Votes:

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A02051 Floor Votes:

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A02051 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2051
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Agriculture
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
          advertising of prices of certain petroleum products
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 192 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     3    5-a. a. No person, firm or corporation that sells or offers to sell at
     4  retail motor fuel for use in internal combustion engines in motor  vehi-
     5  cles or motorboats shall advertise a discounted price for cash purchases
     6  unless:
     7    (i)  such  person,  firm  or corporation also advertises the price for
     8  credit purchases for the same fuel type; and
     9    (ii) the advertisement for credit prices is the same  size  or  larger
    10  than the advertisement for the reduced cash purchase price.
    11    b.  Any  person, firm, or corporation who shall violate the provisions
    12  of this subdivision shall be liable to a civil penalty  of  one  hundred
    13  dollars  for  each day or portion thereof that the illegal advertisement
    14  is portrayed to the consumers.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03393-01-7

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