Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Jun 02, 2011 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A8153
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MORELLE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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-A8153 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A8153 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8153 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to rental car vehicles THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 396-z of the general business law is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows: (K) "VEHICLE LICENSING RECOVERY FEE" MEANS THE DAILY FEE A RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY MAY CHARGE ITS CUSTOMERS WHICH SHALL REPRESENT AN AVER- AGE PER-RENTAL DAY PORTION OF THE COMPANY'S ESTIMATED ANNUAL COSTS, AS IMPOSED BY THE STATE, FOR THE LICENSING, TITLING, REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION OF ITS VEHICLES IN THIS STATE. IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT RECOVERED FROM RENTERS BY A RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY FOR VEHICLE LICENSING FEES DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR IS DIFFERENT THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY THE RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY FOR SUCH ITEMS, THE RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY SHALL ADJUST ITS DAILY FEE IN THE FOLLOWING CALENDAR YEAR BY THE AMOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE. AS OF FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, AND ANNUALLY EACH FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH THEREAFTER, A RENTAL VEHICLE COMPA- NY SHALL POST INFORMATION ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE IN AN UNDERSTANDABLE AND READABLE FORMAT THAT SHALL SHOW A RECONCILIATION OF THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLE LICENSING RECOVERY FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY THE RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR AND THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLE LICENSING RECOVERY FEES CHARGED TO CUSTOMERS DURING THAT SAME CALENDAR YEAR FOR RENTAL OF VEHICLES. S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 396-z of the general business law, as amended by chapter 731 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 8. No rental vehicle company shall advertise or quote a rental rate that does not include all charges, except taxes or optional items and/or services or any mileage charge, which an authorized driver must pay to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08036-01-1
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