Senate Bill S3042

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires signs to be posted at gasoline stations for consumers to contact the department of state regarding price or product problems

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S3042 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §192, Ag & Mkts L; amd §94-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3631
2013-2014: S1283, S7422
2015-2016: S3798
2017-2018: S4691

2019-S3042 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires signs to be posted at gasoline stations for consumers to contact the department of state regarding price or product problems.

2019-S3042 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3042
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the  executive  law,
   in  relation  to  protecting  consumers from price gouging and product
   tampering of gasoline

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 192 of the agricul-
 ture  and markets law, as amended by chapter 101 of the laws of 1986, is
 amended to read as follows:
   a. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or
 offer for sale at retail for use in internal combustion engines in motor
 vehicles or motorboats any motor fuel unless such seller shall:
   (i) post and keep posted on the  dispensing  device  from  which  such
 motor  fuel  is  sold  or  offered  for sale a sign or placard, at least
 twelve inches in height and at least twelve  inches  in  width,  stating
 clearly and legibly with the whole cent numerals at least nine inches in
 height and at least two inches in width, the selling price per gallon of
 such motor fuel; or
   (ii)  where  such  individual pump or dispensing device dispenses more
 than two differently priced grades of motor fuel, only the  highest  and
 lowest  selling  price per gallon of such motor fuel dispensed therefrom
 must be posted thereon in conformance with all other provisions of  this
 subdivision; or
   (iii)  where  a  multiple  product  dispensing  device  is  capable of
 dispensing multiple products at multiple prices, then the selling  price
 per  gallon  may  be posted thereon with numerals at least one-half that
 height and one-half that width required  by  subparagraph  (i)  of  this
 paragraph,  although  numerals  representing  tenths  of  a  cent may be
 displayed at no less than one-half those dimensions which  disclose  the
 selling price per gallon of such motor fuel dispensed therefrom;

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

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