Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6036
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 7th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S6036 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8187
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §399-ee, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S6920
2011-S6036 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6036 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to method of payment pricing of gasoline PURPOSE: To prohibits method of payment pricing of gasoline. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends General Business Law Section 399-ee to include method of payment pricing of gasoline as a prohibited act. Defines method of payment pric- ing as the difference in the price per gallon of motor fuel of like grade or quality offered for sale based on the customer's method of payment. Prohibits any dealer in engaging in method of payment pricing for gasoline of like grade or quality. Section four sets the effective date as 60 days after enactment. JUSTIFICATION: Motor vehicle drivers have increasingly been drawn in to local gas stations by the use of deceptive practices, advertising a price per gallon for gas paid for by cash, significantly lower than the price for gallon as paid by debit or credit card. This method of payment pricing practice unfairly deceives consumers
2011-S6036 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6036 I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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 method of payment pricing of gasoline THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The section heading of section 399-ee of the general busi- ness law, as added by chapter 579 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: Zone pricing AND METHOD OF PAYMENT PRICING of gasoline prohibited. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 399-ee of the general business law is amended by adding two new paragraphs (n) and (o) to read as follows: (N) "METHOD OF PAYMENT" MEANS THE MANNER IN WHICH A CUSTOMER PAYS FOR MOTOR FUEL AT A RETAIL OUTLET USING CASH, CHECK, DEBIT CARD, CREDIT CARD OR A SIMILAR MEANS OF PAYMENT. (O) "METHOD OF PAYMENT PRICING" MEANS DIFFERENCES IN THE PRICE PER GALLON OF MOTOR FUEL OF LIKE GRADE OR QUALITY OFFERED FOR SALE OR SOLD BY A RETAIL OUTLET BASED ON THE CUSTOMER'S METHOD OF PAYMENT. S 3. Subdivision 3 of section 399-ee of the general business law is renumbered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows: 3. NO DEALER SHALL ENGAGE IN METHOD OF PAYMENT PRICING WITH RESPECT TO ANY MOTOR FUEL OF LIKE GRADE OR QUALITY. S 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11945-01-1
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