NY State Senate Bill 2009-S1893

Senate Bill S1893

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the sale of motor fuel to senior citizens sixty-five or older with full service at self service prices

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Jan 06, 2010	referred to aging
Mar 30, 2009	reported and committed to finance
Feb 09, 2009	referred to aging

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2009-S1893 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Aging
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §396-bb, Gen Bus L

2009-S1893 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires owners and operators of premises or facilities for the retail sale of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles and offering self service and full service at the same time to provide full service of such motor fuels to senior citizens (65 years of age or older as evidenced by a driver's license) at the same price charged for such motor fuels at the self service islands between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

2009-S1893 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1893

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of
motor fuels to senior citizens


 PURPOSE :

Under current law, operators of retail gas stations that provide self
service and full service at the same time are required to provide full
service to disabled persons at the same price charged for motor fuels
at the self service islands. This legislation would expand this
provision to include senior citizens.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

The legislation amends §396-bb of the GBL to include senior citizens.
A new subsection 2 (b) is added, defining "senior citizen" as any
person sixty-five years of age or older as evidenced by a license to
operate a motor vehicle.

 EXISTING LAW :

Under current law, motorists with disabled license plates are entitled

to full-service refueling at the self-service price at retail gas
stations that offer both.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In 1990, §396-bb of the General Business Law was enacted, protecting
disabled persons from having to pay higher gas prices simply because
of their disability. Similar legislation is needed to protect New
York's senior citizens from the same type of extra charges. It is only
fair that we act to stop overcharging New York's many seniors who may
not be physically able to pump their own gas to save money.  This bill
will help ensure that seniors living on fixed incomes do not have to
give up their cars, and their independence, simply because of higher
gasoline prices.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

A6492a of 2000 - Referred to Consumer Affairs
A2244 of 2002 - Referred to Consumer Affairs
A4463 of 2004 - Referred to Consumer Affairs
S3051 of 2006 - Referred to Aging
S2226 of 2008 - Referred to Aging

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the January 1st following its enactment
into law.

2009-S1893 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1893

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, BRESLIN, DIAZ, DILAN, KRUEGER, KRUGER, ONORA-
  TO,  PARKER,  SAMPSON,  SMITH,  STACHOWSKI,  VALESKY -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Aging

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to the sale of
  motor fuels to senior citizens

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

  Section  1.  Section  396-bb  of the general business law, as added by
chapter 581 of the laws of 1990, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 332
of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  S 396-bb. Sale of motor fuels to disabled persons AND SENIOR CITIZENS.
1. Any person, firm or corporation owning or  operating  a  premises  or
facility  for  the  retail sale of motor fuels for use in motor vehicles
and offering self service and full service  at  the  same  time,  shall,
between  the  hours of seven o'clock in the morning and seven o'clock in
the evening, provide full  service  of  such  motor  fuels  to  disabled
persons  with  a  valid New York state disabled person license plate AND
SENIOR CITIZENS at the same price charged for such motor  fuels  at  the
self service islands and shall post a notice in a manner and in at least
one location which is conspicuous to a person seeking refueling service,
including  a depiction of the international symbol of access and stating
as follows:
               Full service at self service prices
               7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
        Such notice may also further state,
               For persons with a valid New York state disabled  license
               plate AND SENIOR CITIZENS 65 OR OVER.
  2. For purposes of this section:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02644-01-9

S. 1893                             2

  (A)  "disabled  person"  shall  mean  a registered owner or authorized
operator of a motor vehicle who has been issued special license tags  by
the state; AND
  (B)  "SENIOR CITIZEN" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR
OLDER AS EVIDENCED BY A LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE.
  3. Any violation of this section shall result in a civil fine  of  not
more than one hundred dollars to be collected by the corporation counsel
for any city or by the appropriate attorney of any political subdivision
as  shall be designated by the governing body of such political subdivi-
sion.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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