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- Referred to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
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BILL NUMBER:S4984
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
This bill would restrict owners of service stations, filling stations, stores, garages or other places of business for the sale of motor fuel from changing fuel prices more than once a day.
Summary of provisions
This would add a new section 392-j to the General Business Law to make it unlawful to change fuel prices more than once a day. Violation of this would result in a civil fine of up to $500.00.
Justification
This bill would prevent sellers of motor fuel from changing fuel prices any more than once per day. It would prevent unscrupulous service station owners from taking advantage of consumers and price gouging by raising fuel prices -- often without an increase in the actual price of gasoline -- multiple times in one day.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal impact on the state
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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