S04036 Summary:

BILL NOS04036
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORMANNION
 
COSPNSRBORRELLO, JACKSON, WEBB
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §396-z, Gen Bus L
 
Places a cap on the amount that a rental vehicle company may charge a renter for refueling a rental vehicle; imposes a maximum fine for a violation of such cap on charges.
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S04036 Actions:

BILL NOS04036
 
02/02/2023REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
04/25/20231ST REPORT CAL.661
04/26/20232ND REPORT CAL.
05/01/2023ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/08/2023PASSED SENATE
05/08/2023DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/08/2023referred to consumer affairs and protection
01/03/2024died in assembly
01/03/2024returned to senate
01/03/2024REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
03/05/20241ST REPORT CAL.580
03/06/20242ND REPORT CAL.
03/11/2024ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
04/17/2024PASSED SENATE
04/17/2024DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
04/17/2024referred to consumer affairs and protection
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S04036 Committee Votes:

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S04036 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S04036 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4036
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 2, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. MANNION, BORRELLO, JACKSON -- 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 a cap on the
          amount which rental vehicle companies may charge for  refueling  of  a
          rental vehicle

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 396-z of the general business law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
     3    (b-1) A rental vehicle company that charges for  the  refueling  of  a
     4  rental  vehicle,  pursuant  to  paragraph (b) of this subdivision, shall
     5  only charge the renter for the amount  of  gas  that  was  necessary  to
     6  return  the  fuel tank to the amount of fuel that was in the tank at the
     7  beginning of the rental. The renter shall not be charged for such gas at
     8  a rate  exceeding one hundred twenty-five percent of the regional  aver-
     9  age  market  value  of gas as  published by the United States energy and
    10  information administration. Where a rental vehicle company has  violated
    11  the  provisions  of  this paragraph, the attorney general may commence a
    12  special proceeding pursuant to subdivision thirteen of this section, and
    13  in any such proceeding the court shall impose  a  civil  penalty  in  an
    14  amount  not  to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars and, where appropri-
    15  ate, order restitution to aggrieved renters.
    16    § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 396-z of the  general  business  law  is
    17  amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
    18    (b-1)  A  rental  vehicle  company that charges for the refueling of a
    19  rental vehicle, pursuant to paragraph (b)  of  this  subdivision,  shall
    20  only  charge  the  renter  for  the  amount of gas that was necessary to
    21  return the fuel tank to the amount of fuel that was in the tank  at  the
    22  beginning of the rental. The renter shall not be charged for such gas at
    23  a rate exceeding one hundred twenty-five percent of the regional average
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06790-01-3

        S. 4036                             2
 
     1  market  value of gas as published by the United States energy and infor-
     2  mation administration. Where a rental vehicle company has  violated  the
     3  provisions  of  this  paragraph,  the  attorney  general  may commence a
     4  special  proceeding  pursuant to subdivision twelve of this section, and
     5  in any such proceeding the court shall impose  a  civil  penalty  in  an
     6  amount  not  to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars and, where appropri-
     7  ate, order restitution to aggrieved renters.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
     9  ments  to  subdivision  10  of section 396-z of the general business law
    10  made by section one of this act shall be subject to the  expiration  and
    11  reversion  of  such  section pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 4 of
    12  chapter 109 of the laws of 2018, as amended, when  upon  such  date  the
    13  provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
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