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- Referred to consumer protection
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Prohibits method of payment pricing of gasoline
In Assembly Committee · Consumer Affairs And Protection · Sponsor Nancy Calhoun
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6036
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to method of payment pricing of gasoline
Purpose
To prohibits method of payment pricing of gasoline.
Summary of provisions
Amends General Business Law Section 399-ee to include method of payment pricing of gasoline as a prohibited act. Defines method of payment pric- ing as the difference in the price per gallon of motor fuel of like grade or quality offered for sale based on the customer's method of payment. Prohibits any dealer in engaging in method of payment pricing for gasoline of like grade or quality.
Section four sets the effective date as 60 days after enactment.
Justification
Motor vehicle drivers have increasingly been drawn in to local gas stations by the use of deceptive practices, advertising a price per gallon for gas paid for by cash, significantly lower than the price for gallon as paid by debit or credit card.
This method of payment pricing practice unfairly deceives consumers whose preferred method of payment is by debit or credit card into paying a higher price for gasoline than they anticipated. This bill would prohibit dealers from charging higher prices for gasoline to consumers based on their use of debit and credit cards as opposed to cash.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become law.
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