New York A 8851: Relates to certain rental vehicle protections

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A08851 Summary:

BILL NOA08851A

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SAME ASSAME AS S03246-B

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSRTorres, Carroll P

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §396-z, Gen Bus L; amd §4, Chap 109 of 2018

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Relates to certain rental vehicle protections; provides that the rate caps charged by rental vehicle companies shall be tied to the consumer price index of all urban consumers over the previous year as reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics; makes provisions of law permanent.

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BILL NOA08851A

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06/09/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/07/2026referred to consumer affairs and protection

01/15/2026amend and recommit to consumer affairs and protection

01/15/2026print number 8851a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8851--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, TORRES, P. CARROLL -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accord-
 ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to certain rental
 vehicle protections; and to amend chapter 109 of the laws of 2018
 amending the general business law relating to certain rental vehicle
 protections, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 396-z of the
 2 general business law, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2018, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) A rental vehicle company shall not charge more than the following
 5 amounts per full or partial twenty-four hour rental day for optional
 6 vehicle protection:
 7 (i) nine dollars if the manufacturer's suggested retail price of the
 8 rental vehicle is not greater than twenty thousand dollars;
 9 (ii) twelve dollars if the manufacturer's suggested retail price of
 10 the rental vehicle is greater than twenty thousand dollars but not
 11 greater than thirty-five thousand dollars;
 12 (iii) fifteen dollars if the manufacturer's suggested retail price of
 13 the rental vehicle is greater than thirty-five thousand dollars but not
 14 greater than fifty thousand dollars; and
 15 (iv) the amount that may be charged for a vehicle with a manufactur-
 16 er's suggested value of greater than fifty thousand dollars shall not be
 17 subject to a maximum dollar amount but shall be subject to the fair
 18 market value as determined by the rental vehicle company.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13331-02-6

 A. 8851--A 2

 1 (v) Starting January first, two thousand twenty-seven, and each Janu-
 2 ary thereafter, the rate caps set forth in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and
 3 (iii) of this paragraph shall be increased based on the increase in the
 4 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the previous
 5 year as reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
 6 § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 4 of chapter 109 of the laws of 2018
 7 amending the general business law relating to certain rental vehicle
 8 protections, as amended by chapter 163 of the laws of 2023, is amended
 9 to read as follows:
 10 (a) section one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day
 11 after it shall have become a law [and shall expire and be deemed
 12 repealed June 30, 2028];
 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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