S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4665
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties,
other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such
driver's use of a rental vehicle
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 396-z of the general business law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 13-b to read as follows:
13-B. A RENTAL VEHICLE COMPANY SHALL NOT IMPOSE ANY FEES, CHARGES OR
PENALTIES, OTHER THAN THE ACTUAL COST OF A TOLL, ON AN AUTHORIZED DRIVER
FOR SUCH DRIVER'S USE OF A RENTAL VEHICLE THROUGH A TOLL COLLECTION
FACILITY THAT UTILIZES AN ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM, AS DEFINED
IN SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
LAW, OR A PHOTO-MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE PAYMENT OF TOLLS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided that the amendments to section 396-z of the
general business law made by section one of this act shall survive the
expiration and reversion of such section as provided in section 4 of
chapter 109 of the laws of 2018, as amended.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06144-02-5
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