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Assembly Bill A1826

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to nullifying agreements preventing dealers from purchasing from outside distributors

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2021-A1826 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §199-j, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7663
2013-2014: A3620
2015-2016: A2586
2017-2018: A1573
2019-2020: A3128
2023-2024: A3444
2025-2026: A5631

2021-A1826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Nullifies agreements which prohibits a dealer, who either directly or through an affiliate owns a service station including the tanks and pumps or where a dealer provides environmental pollution insurance coverage for the tanks and pumps of not less than one million dollars in the aggregate and who dedicates a tank for sale of unbranded motor fuel, or any provision of a franchise with a refiner which prohibits a distributor from purchasing or selling unbranded motor fuel from a person or firm other than the refiner or limits the quantity of such unbranded motor fuel to be purchased from another person or firm or any provision of a franchise which directly or indirectly discourages a dealer or distributor from purchasing or selling such unbranded motor fuels from another person or firm.

2021-A1826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1826
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to authorizing gas
   stations to purchase motor fuel from alternative suppliers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 199-j of the general business law,
 as  added  by  chapter  578  of  the laws of 2008, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Franchise provisions. Any provision of a franchise with  a  refiner
 OR  A  SUPPLY AGREEMENT WITH A DISTRIBUTOR which prohibits a dealer, who
 either directly or through an affiliate owns a service station including
 the tanks and pumps OR WHERE A DEALER PROVIDES  ENVIRONMENTAL  POLLUTION
 INSURANCE  COVERAGE FOR THE TANKS AND PUMPS OF NOT LESS THAN ONE MILLION
 DOLLARS IN THE AGGREGATE and who dedicates a tank for sale of  unbranded
 motor fuel, or ANY PROVISION OF A FRANCHISE WITH A REFINER WHICH PROHIB-
 ITS a distributor from purchasing or selling unbranded motor fuel from a
 person  or  firm  other  than the refiner or limits the quantity of such
 unbranded motor fuel to be purchased from another person or firm or  any
 provision  of  a  franchise  which  directly or indirectly discourages a
 dealer or distributor from purchasing or selling  such  unbranded  motor
 fuels  from another person or firm, shall be null and void. For purposes
 of this subdivision and subdivisions four, five and six of this  section
 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
   (a)  "refiner" means any person, firm or corporation who owns, leases,
 operates, controls or supervises a commercial entity producing  gasoline
 or diesel motor fuel;
   (b)  "distributor" means any person other than a refiner or dealer who
 purchases motor fuel at a terminal facility and supplies motor  fuel  to
 service stations; and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00243-01-1

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