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Senate Bill S5599

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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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2025-S5599 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §396-z, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5190
2021-2022: S3985
2023-2024: S4036

2025-S5599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-S5599 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5599
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 396-z of the general business law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
   (B-1)  A  RENTAL  VEHICLE  COMPANY THAT CHARGES FOR THE REFUELING OF A
 RENTAL VEHICLE, PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  SHALL
 ONLY  CHARGE  THE  RENTER  FOR  THE  AMOUNT OF GAS THAT WAS NECESSARY TO
 RETURN THE FUEL TANK TO THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT WAS IN THE TANK  AT  THE
 BEGINNING OF THE RENTAL. THE RENTER SHALL NOT BE CHARGED FOR SUCH GAS AT
 A  RATE  EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE REGIONAL AVER-
 AGE MARKET VALUE OF GAS AS  PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED  STATES  ENERGY  AND
 INFORMATION  ADMINISTRATION. WHERE A RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY HAS VIOLATED
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL  MAY  COMMENCE  A
 SPECIAL PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF THIS SECTION, AND
 IN  ANY  SUCH  PROCEEDING  THE  COURT SHALL IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY IN AN
 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND,  WHERE  APPROPRI-
 ATE, ORDER RESTITUTION TO AGGRIEVED RENTERS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  10 of section 396-z of the general business law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
   (B-1) A RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY THAT CHARGES FOR  THE  REFUELING  OF  A
 RENTAL  VEHICLE,  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL
 ONLY CHARGE THE RENTER FOR THE AMOUNT  OF  GAS  THAT  WAS  NECESSARY  TO
 RETURN  THE  FUEL TANK TO THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT WAS IN THE TANK AT THE
 BEGINNING OF THE RENTAL. THE RENTER SHALL NOT BE CHARGED FOR SUCH GAS AT
 A RATE EXCEEDING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE REGIONAL AVERAGE
 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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