New York S 5599: Relates to a cap on the amount that a rental vehicle company may charge a renter for refueling a rental vehicle

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S05599 Summary:

BILL NOS05599 

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Amd §396-z, Gen Bus L

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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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BILL NOS05599 

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02/25/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

03/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.513

03/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/13/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/20/2025PASSED SENATE

03/20/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/20/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/12/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1006

05/12/2026PASSED SENATE

05/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5599

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 10 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
 24 market value of gas as published by the United States energy and infor-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09565-01-5

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