S6141B - NY Senate Open Legislation - Requires automobile dealers display a "Gallons-Per_Mile Fuel Savings Guide

Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Law Section: Environmental Conservation Law

S6141B Summary

Requires automobile dealers display a fuel economy label on all new vehicles.

S6141B Actions

S6141B - referred to environmental conservation - Apr 21, 2010
S6141B - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY - Apr 20, 2010
S6141B - PASSED SENATE - Apr 20, 2010
S6141B - AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6141B - Apr 14, 2010
S6141A - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING - Feb 23, 2010
S6141A - 2ND REPORT CAL. - Feb 22, 2010
S6141A - 1ST REPORT CAL.133 - Feb 9, 2010
S6141A - AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES - Feb 3, 2010
S6141A - PRINT NUMBER 6141A - Feb 3, 2010
S6141 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES - Feb 2, 2010
S6141 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION - Jan 6, 2010
S6141 - REFERRED TO RULES - Aug 28, 2009

S6141B Calendars

Apr 20, 2010: ACTIVE LIST

Apr 19, 2010: FLOOR - BILLS ON THIRD READING

Apr 20, 2010: FLOOR - BILLS ON THIRD READING

S6141B Votes

Vote: Floor - Apr 20, 2010

Ayes (35): ADAMS, ADDABBO, AUBERTINE, BRESLIN, DIAZ, DILAN, DUANE, ESPADA, FOLEY, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNTLEY, JOHNSON C, KLEIN, KRUEGER, KRUGER, LANZA, LAVALLE, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO, OPPENHEIMER, PADAVAN, PARKER, Peralta, PERKINS, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SCHNEIDERMAN, SERRANO, SMITH, SQUADRON, STACHOWSKI, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS, THOMPSON, VALESKY
Nays (26): ALESI, BONACIC, DEFRANCISCO, FARLEY, FLANAGAN, FUSCHILLO, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, HANNON, JOHNSON O, LARKIN, LEIBELL, LIBOUS, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MAZIARZ, MCDONALD, NOZZOLIO, RANZENHOFER, ROBACH, SALAND, SEWARD, SKELOS, VOLKER, WINNER, YOUNG
Excused (1): MORAHAN

S6141B Memo

BILL NUMBER: S6141B

TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring automobile dealers display a "Gallons-Per-Mile (GPM) Fuel Savings Guide"

PURPOSE : To require posting of a "Gallons-per-Mile (GPM) Fuel Savings Guide" sign at dealerships selling or leasing new vehicles.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Adds a new section 3-0319 to the environmental conservation law to require vehicle manufacturers to display a gallons per thousand miles fuel impact statement. Such guide shall set forth Miles-per-Gallon (MPG) in increments, the average number of gallons the vehicle is expected to use when traveling a distance of one thousand miles, and the cost savings between vehicles.

EXISTING LAW : New legislation.

JUSTIFICATION : Gallons-per-miles (GPM) driven is a much more useful measure of fuel efficiency than the current miles per gallon standard. It enables a vehicle purchaser to more easily compare the fuel efficiency between various models of automobiles. This bill, which would require a prominent notice explaining and showing conversions to gallons per one thousand miles, will allow consumers to know accurately at a glance the cost of operating a vehicle over one thousand miles. Additionally, this allows environmentally conscious consumers to identify the relative environmental effect of different vehicles. Encouraging consumers to buy more fuel efficient vehicles can help save money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy security and oil dependence costs, and increase energy sustainability. GPM is an important step in that direction.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : New legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE : The first of January next succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law.

S6141B Text

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
6141--B
Cal. No. 133 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N SENATE August 28, 2009
Introduced by Sens. SQUADRON, ADAMS, HASSELL-THOMPSON, STEWART-COUSINS, THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 - committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring automobile dealers display a "Gallons-Per-Mile (GPM) Fuel Savings Guide"

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the purpose of this act to encourage the purchase of more efficient vehicles through the provision of clear and accessible information to the public regarding cost savings and fuel usage comparisons between vehicles by emphasizing the gallons of gasoline used by a vehicle rather than the number of miles driven.

S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 3-0319 to read as follows:

S 3-0319. CONSUMER FUEL CONSUMPTION INFORMATION. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP A MODEL SIGN WHICH PROVIDES CONSUMER FUEL CONSUMPTION INFORMATION. THE MODEL SIGN SHALL BE ENTITLED "GALLONS-PER-MILE (GPM) FUEL SAVINGS GUIDE". THE MODEL SIGN AND INFORMA TION REGARDING POSTING REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPART MENT'S WEBSITE. 2. THE "GALLONS-PER-MILE (GPM) FUEL SAVINGS GUIDE" SIGN SHALL BEAR THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14603-07-0
S. 6141--B 2 (A) THE TITLE HEADING "GALLONS-PER-MILE (GPM) FUEL SAVINGS GUIDE" WITH A SUBTITLE HEADING "WHY USE GPM?"; (B) AN EXPLANATION OF HOW TO CALCULATE GPM AND THE PURPOSE OF THE GPM MEASUREMENT; (C) A CHART WITH FOUR COLUMNS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(I) MILES-PER-GALLON (MPG) FROM TEN MPG TO FIFTY MPG IN INCREMENTS OF FIVE; (II) THE CORRESPONDING GALLONS PER ONE THOUSAND MILES; (III) THE COST OF FUEL PER ONE THOUSAND MILES BASED ON THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S FUEL ECONOMY GUIDE PRICE OF GAS; (IV) THE INCREMENTAL SAVINGS PER ONE THOUSAND MILES AS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS INCREMENT, BASED ON THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S FUEL ECONOMY GUIDE PRICE OF GAS; (D) SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE DEPARTMENT DEEMS NECESSARY, INCLUD ING APPROPRIATE DISCLAIMERS. 3. AUTOMOBILE DEALERS THAT OFFER FOR SALE OR LEASE NEW PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL DISPLAY THE "GALLONS-PER-MILE (GPM) FUEL SAVINGS GUIDE" ON A SIGN NOT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN INCHES BY TWENTY-FOUR INCHES IN SIZE WITH FONT OF A SIZE NOT LESS THAN ONE INCH IN HEIGHT. THE SIGN SHALL BE DISPLAYED IN A PROMINENT AND CONSPICUOUS LOCATION INSIDE THE DEALERSHIP. 4. ANY AUTOMOBILE DEALER WHO VIOLATES SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, SHALL UPON THE FIRST VIOLATION BE PROVIDED A WRITTEN WARNING, AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF NOT MORE THAN FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A SECOND VIOLATION AND NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A THIRD AND ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.

S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed ing the date upon which it shall have become a law; provided, however, that subdivision 4 of section 3-0319 of the environmental conservation law, as added by section two of this act, shall take effect one year after such effective date.

S6141B: Requires automobile dealers display a "Gallons-Per_Mile Fuel Savings Guide