New York A 5631: Relates to retaliatory personnel actions by employers

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A05631 Summary:

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Amd §199-j, Gen Bus L

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Nullifies agreements which prohibits a dealer, who either directly or through an affiliate owns a service station including the tanks and pumps or where a dealer provides environmental pollution insurance coverage for the tanks and pumps of not less than one million dollars in the aggregate and who dedicates a tank for sale of unbranded motor fuel, or any provision of a franchise with a refiner which prohibits a distributor from purchasing or selling unbranded motor fuel from a person or firm other than the refiner or limits the quantity of such unbranded motor fuel to be purchased from another person or firm or any provision of a franchise which directly or indirectly discourages a dealer or distributor from purchasing or selling such unbranded motor fuels from another person or firm.

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BILL NOA05631 

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02/18/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5631

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to authorizing gas
 stations to purchase motor fuel from alternative suppliers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 199-j of the general business law,
 2 as added by chapter 578 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. Franchise provisions. Any provision of a franchise with a refiner
 5 or a supply agreement with a distributor which prohibits a dealer, who
 6 either directly or through an affiliate owns a service station including
 7 the tanks and pumps or where a dealer provides environmental pollution
 8 insurance coverage for the tanks and pumps of not less than one million
 9 dollars in the aggregate and who dedicates a tank for sale of unbranded
 10 motor fuel, or any provision of a franchise with a refiner which prohib-
 11 its a distributor from purchasing or selling unbranded motor fuel from a
 12 person or firm other than the refiner or limits the quantity of such
 13 unbranded motor fuel to be purchased from another person or firm or any
 14 provision of a franchise which directly or indirectly discourages a
 15 dealer or distributor from purchasing or selling such unbranded motor
 16 fuels from another person or firm, shall be null and void. For purposes
 17 of this subdivision and subdivisions four, five and six of this section
 18 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 19 (a) "refiner" means any person, firm or corporation who owns, leases,
 20 operates, controls or supervises a commercial entity producing gasoline
 21 or diesel motor fuel;
 22 (b) "distributor" means any person other than a refiner or dealer who
 23 purchases motor fuel at a terminal facility and supplies motor fuel to
 24 service stations; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09251-01-5

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 1 (c) "unbranded motor fuel" means motor fuel which does not use a
 2 trademark, trade name, service mark, or other identifying symbol or name
 3 owned by a refiner.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 5 have become a law and shall apply to any franchise agreements entered
 6 into on or after such date.

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