Senate Bill S8424

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits fractional pricing of certain petroleum products

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Current 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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2023-S8424 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §192, Ag & Mkts L

2023-S8424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits fractional pricing of any motor fuel for use in internal combustion engines in motor vehicles or motorboats; imposes civil penalties of up to twenty-five dollars per day.

2023-S8424 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8424
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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, in relation to  prohib-
   iting fractional pricing of certain petroleum products
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 192 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  NO  PERSON,  FIRM  OR  CORPORATION SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE AT
 RETAIL ANY MOTOR FUEL FOR USE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION  ENGINES  IN  MOTOR
 VEHICLES  OR  MOTORBOATS  WITH A SELLING PRICE PER GALLON WHICH INCLUDES
 ANY FRACTION OF A CENT.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE  PROVISION  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION    SHALL SUBJECT SUCH PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION TO A CIVIL
 PENALTY OF UP TO TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR EACH DAY SUCH FAILURE OCCURS.
   § 2. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 192
 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by  chapter  101  of  the
 laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   (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].
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately, the commissioner of
 agriculture and markets is authorized to promulgate any rules and  regu-
 lations  necessary  to  implement  this  act on or before such effective
 date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13201-02-3

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