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Senate Bill S8030

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to rental vehicle electronic tolling; defines electronic tolling transponder

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2017-S8030 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9060
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §396-z, Gen Bus L

2017-S8030 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to rental vehicle electronic tolling; provides that a rental company shall not charge a renter more than the actual cost of payments made for tolls and/or charges prescribed by a public authority for the use of bridges, tunnels, or highways, nor shall such rental vehicle company charge a fee for usage of an electronic tolling transponder; defines electronic tolling transponder.

2017-S8030 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8030 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8030
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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 rental  vehicle
   electronic tolling
 
   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)  "ELECTRONIC TOLLING TRANSPONDER" MEANS A DEVICE CAPABLE OF TRANS-
 MITTING INFORMATION FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE TO A TOLL LANE FOR THE  PURPOSE
 OF  CHARGING  AN ACCOUNT THE APPROPRIATE TOLL OR CHARGE IN AN ELECTRONIC
 TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM, AS DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION  TWELVE  OF  SECTION
 TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of section 396-z of the general business law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D) "ELECTRONIC TOLLING TRANSPONDER" MEANS A DEVICE CAPABLE OF  TRANS-
 MITTING  INFORMATION FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE TO A TOLL LANE FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF CHARGING AN ACCOUNT THE APPROPRIATE TOLL OR CHARGE IN  AN  ELECTRONIC
 TOLL  COLLECTION  SYSTEM,  AS  DEFINED  BY SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION
 TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 7 of section 396-z  of  the  general
 business  law  is  relettered  paragraph  (e) and a new paragraph (d) is
 added to read as follows:
   (D) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF THIS SECTION,  A  RENTAL
 VEHICLE  COMPANY  MAY REQUIRE A DEPOSIT OF UP TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR
 PAYMENT OF TOLLS CHARGED TO THE ELECTRONIC  TOLLING  TRANSPONDER  REGIS-
 TERED  TO  SUCH  RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY. THE RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY MUST
 REFUND SUCH DEPOSIT MINUS ANY TOLL  PAYMENTS  NOT  MORE  THAN  TEN  DAYS
 FOLLOWING THE TERMINATION OF THE RENTAL AGREEMENT.
   §  4.  Subdivision  7 of section 396-z of the general business law, as
 amended by chapter 784 of the laws of 1988 and as renumbered by  chapter
 1 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   7. No rental vehicle company shall advertise, quote or charge a rental
 rate  that  does  not  include all charges, except taxes and any mileage
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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