NY State Senate Bill 2009-S6886

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Feb 22, 2010	referred to consumer protection

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9435
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §396-bb, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S3507
2013-2014: S2837
2015-2016: S1926
2017-2018: S3645
2019-2020: S4824
2021-2022: S5275
2023-2024: S6771
2025-2026: S4296

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for assistance to disabled drivers at gas stations.

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6886

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to providing gas
station assistance to disabled motorists

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
This bill will provide a disabled motorist that has physical
disabilities with an opportunity to receive assistance when filling
his or her gas tank at a self service gas station.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
This bill would amend Section Subdivision 2 and 3 of section 1396-bb
of the general business law and renumber it with 3 and 4. A new
subdivision 2 is added to include the following:

Section 2. a. Any gasoline station offering the public sale of
gasoline at self-service islands shall provide a minimum of one
self-service island device that allows a disabled person parked at
that station in a vehicle, displaying a disabled license plate issued
by New York State or a valid disabled license plate issued by any
other state, to signal an employee that the driver requires assistance
in dispensing motor fuel. An attendant will then arrive to dispense
motor fuel at no additional cost beyond the price that the fuel is
being offered to the general public. A device shall be installed that
alerts the employee inside the building that assistance is required at

the pump, and shall be mounted between thirty-four and forty-eight
inches from the ground. A sign shall be conspicuously posted at the
self-service station that meets the American Disability Act
Accessibility Guidelines identifying the call device and the hours
when assistance will be available and operable from the vehicle.

b. The gasoline station will not be required to provide this service
during times when the fueling station is being operated on a remote
control basis by only one employee and a passenger in that vehicle is
reasonably capable of dispensing motor fuel. Paragraph a of this
subdivision shall not apply to gasoline stations that are operated by
one cashier and remote control equipment for dispensing motor fuel.

c. If an owner owns only one gasoline station in New York State, then
that gas station must be in compliance within one year of the
effective dates of this subdivision. If an owner owns more than one
gasoline Station in New York state then the owner must make at least
fifty percent of those gasoline stations compliance. If an owner owns
more than one gas station in New York State then the owner must make
at least fifty percent of those gas stations compliant with this
subdivision Within one year of the effective date of this subdivision.
In either case the owner must be in compliance within three years of
the effective date of this subdivision.

This act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :
This bill meets a need for thousands of disabled motorist traveling in
New York State and makes gas stations American Disability Act
compliant.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
New Legislation.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately after passage of bill.

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6886

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 22, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STACHOWSKI  -- 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  providing  gas
  station assistance to disabled motorists

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 396-bb of the general busi-
ness law are renumbered subdivisions 3 and 4 and a new subdivision 2  is
added to read as follows:
  2.  A.  ANY  GASOLINE  STATION OFFERING THE PUBLIC SALE OF GASOLINE AT
SELF-SERVICE ISLANDS SHALL PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF ONE SELF-SERVICE  ISLAND
DEVICE  THAT ALLOWS A DISABLED PERSON, PARKED AT THAT STATION IN A VEHI-
CLE DISPLAYING A DISABLED LICENSE PLATE ISSUED BY NEW YORK  STATE  OR  A
VALID  DISABLED  LICENSE  PLATE  ISSUED BY ANY OTHER STATE, TO SIGNAL AN
EMPLOYEE THAT THE DRIVER REQUIRES ASSISTANCE IN DISPENSING  MOTOR  FUEL.
AN  ATTENDANT  SHALL THEN ARRIVE TO DISPENSE MOTOR FUEL AT NO ADDITIONAL
COST BEYOND THE PRICE THAT THE FUEL IS  BEING  OFFERED  TO  THE  GENERAL
PUBLIC.  A DEVICE SHALL BE INSTALLED THAT ALERTS THE EMPLOYEE INSIDE THE
BUILDING THAT ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED AT THE PUMP, AND SHALL  BE  MOUNTED
BETWEEN THIRTY-FOUR AND FORTY-EIGHT INCHES FROM THE GROUND. A SIGN SHALL
BE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED AT THE SELF-SERVICE STATION THAT MEETS THE AMER-
ICAN DISABILITY ACT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES IDENTIFYING THE CALL DEVICE
AND  THE  HOURS  WHEN ASSISTANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND OPERABLE FROM THE
VEHICLE.
  B. THE GASOLINE STATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE  THE  SERVICE
PROVIDED  FOR  IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION DURING TIMES WHEN SUCH
STATION IS BEING OPERATED ON A REMOTE CONTROL BASIS BY ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE
AND A PASSENGER IN THAT VEHICLE  IS  REASONABLY  CAPABLE  OF  DISPENSING
MOTOR  FUEL. PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO GASOLINE
STATIONS THAT ARE OPERATED BY ONE CASHIER AND REMOTE  CONTROL  EQUIPMENT
FOR DISPENSING MOTOR FUEL.
  C.  IF AN OWNER OWNS ONLY ONE GASOLINE STATION IN NEW YORK STATE, THEN
THAT GAS STATION MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE  EFFECTIVE
DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  IF  AN  OWNER  OWNS MORE THAN ONE GASOLINE

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

                                                           LBD15093-01-9

S. 6886                             2

STATION IN NEW YORK STATE THEN  THE  OWNER  MUST  MAKE  AT  LEAST  FIFTY
PERCENT OF THOSE GASOLINE STATIONS COMPLIANT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION WITH-
IN  ONE  YEAR  OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IN EITHER CASE
THE OWNER MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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