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Assembly Bill A2051

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits gas stations from advertising only cash discounted prices

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2017-A2051 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §192, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10180
2013-2014: A1641
2015-2016: A1303

2017-A2051 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits gas stations from advertising only cash discounted prices.

2017-A2051 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2051
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  agriculture and markets law, in relation to the
   advertising of prices of certain petroleum products
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 192 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
   5-A. A. NO PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION THAT SELLS OR OFFERS TO SELL AT
 RETAIL MOTOR FUEL FOR USE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES IN MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLES OR MOTORBOATS SHALL ADVERTISE A DISCOUNTED PRICE FOR CASH PURCHASES
 UNLESS:
   (I)  SUCH  PERSON,  FIRM  OR CORPORATION ALSO ADVERTISES THE PRICE FOR
 CREDIT PURCHASES FOR THE SAME FUEL TYPE; AND
   (II) THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR CREDIT PRICES IS THE SAME  SIZE  OR  LARGER
 THAN THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE REDUCED CASH PURCHASE PRICE.
   B.  ANY  PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION WHO SHALL VIOLATE THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE LIABLE TO A CIVIL PENALTY  OF  ONE  HUNDRED
 DOLLARS  FOR  EACH DAY OR PORTION THEREOF THAT THE ILLEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
 IS PORTRAYED TO THE CONSUMERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03393-01-7

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