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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S61
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2013-S61 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7285
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 24-B ยง370, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S3765, S7308, A2323
2011-2012: S603, A1970
2015-2016: S2234
2017-2018: S349
2013-S61 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S61 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting more than one increase in the price of gasoline in any twenty-four hour period PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit gasoline prices from being adjusted at the pump multiple times daily on the same lot of gasoline, which was purchased wholesale at a fixed price. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: With this legislation it will be unlawful for anyone engaged in the sale of motor fuel, or anyone who produces and stores or exchanges motor fuel at a terminal or facility and who sells or transfers motor fuel through the loading rack at such terminal facility, or an affiliate of such, to increase the price of any grade or quality of motor fuel sold at a retail outlet more than once in a twenty-four hour period. Any violation shall result in a civil fine of not more than five hundred dollars to be collected by the corporation counsel for any city or by the appropriate attorney of any political subdivision as shall be designated by the governing body of such political subdivision.
2013-S61 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 61 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- 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 prohibiting more than one increase in the price of gasoline in any twenty-four hour period THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new arti- cle 24-B to read as follows: ARTICLE 24-B MOTOR FUEL MARKETING PRACTICES ACT SECTION 370. UNLAWFUL PRICE INCREASES; EXCEPTIONS. S 370. UNLAWFUL PRICE INCREASES; EXCEPTIONS. (A) (1) IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY NONREFINER ENGAGED IN COMMERCE IN THIS STATE TO INCREASE THE PRICE OF ANY GRADE OR QUALITY OF MOTOR FUEL SOLD AT A RETAIL OUTLET MORE THAN ONCE IN A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PERIOD. (2) IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY REFINER, INCLUDING ANY AFFILIATE OR AGENT THEREOF, ENGAGED IN COMMERCE IN THIS STATE TO INCREASE THE PRICE OF ANY GRADE OR QUALITY OF MOTOR FUEL SOLD MORE THAN ONCE IN A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PERIOD. (B) (1) ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL RESULT IN A CIVIL FINE OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CORPORATION COUNSEL FOR ANY CITY OR BY THE APPROPRIATE ATTORNEY OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AS SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH POLI- TICAL SUBDIVISION. (2) AN ISOLATED, INADVERTENT INCIDENT INVOLVING ACTIVITY PROHIBITED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. (C) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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