What's happening
This bill requires rental car companies to inspect or repair vehicles under safety recalls or disclose unaddressed recalls to renters.
Why it matters
Empowers consumers with critical information. Renters must receive clear, written disclosure if a rental vehicle is under safety recall and has not yet been inspected or repaired, allowing them to make better-informed decisions about their safety.
Creates a formal inspection/repair deadline. Rental car companies are given 120 days after receiving a recall notice to inspect and, if needed, repair affected vehicles, introducing a concrete time frame for safety action.
Provides a compliance alternative for businesses. After the 120-day period, companies can choose to continue renting unrepaired vehicles only if they provide detailed written disclosure, balancing consumer safety with business operational flexibility.
Mandates explicit renter acknowledgment. Disclosures must specifically identify the recall, explain the nature of the defect, and be initialed by the renter, ensuring that the notification is not overlooked or buried in fine print.
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No Rentals of Recalled Cars
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- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
- Referred to consumer affairs and protection
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Stop Renting Recalled Cars
In Senate Committee · Consumer Protection · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4020
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN, DICKENS, D'URSO, MOSLEY, ARROYO, BLAKE, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the rental of motor vehicles that are subject to a recall
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 396-z of the general business law, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2018, is amended by adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
17. Rental vehicle companies shall inspect and, if appropriate, repair any rental vehicle covered under a federal or manufacturer's safety recall within one hundred twenty days after receiving such notice. Following receipt of such notice by a rental vehicle company, such company may rent a vehicle that is subject to a safety recall provided that such company discloses to any prospective renter of vehicles covered under a federal or manufacturer's safety recall that the vehicles are subject to safety recall notices and have not been inspected or repaired prior to the signing of the rental agreement. If one hundred twenty days shall lapse following the receipt of notice by a rental vehicle company that a federal or manufacturer's safety recall is in effect on any of the vehicles owned by the rental vehicle company, and such rental vehicle company has failed to inspect or repair such vehicles, the rental vehicle company shall have the option, as an alternative to undertaking the inspections or repairs subject to the recall, to disclose to prospective renters of vehicles covered under a federal or manufacturer's safety recall that the vehicles are subject to safety recall notices and have not been inspected or repaired prior to the signing of the agreement. Any disclosures required under this section shall be set forth in a separate document attached to the rental agreement and shall state (a) that the specific vehicle is the subject of a
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safety recall, (b) describe the recall in question, and (c) describe the nature of the defect. Such disclosure shall be initialled by the prospective renter prior to the signing of the rental agreement.
§ 2. Section 396-z of the general business law, as amended by chapter 731 of the laws of 2006, is amended by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
16. Rental vehicle companies shall inspect and, if appropriate, repair any rental vehicle covered under a federal or manufacturer's safety recall within one hundred twenty days after receiving such notice. Following receipt of such notice by a rental vehicle company, such company may rent a vehicle that is subject to a safety recall provided that such company discloses to any prospective renter of vehicles covered under a federal or manufacturer's safety recall that the vehicles are subject to safety recall notices and have not been inspected or repaired prior to the signing of the rental agreement. If one hundred twenty days shall lapse following the receipt of notice by a rental vehicle company that a federal or manufacturer's safety recall is in effect on any of the vehicles owned by the rental vehicle company, and such rental vehicle company has failed to inspect or repair such vehicles, the rental vehicle company shall have the option, as an alternative to undertaking the inspections or repairs subject to the recall, to disclose to prospective renters of vehicles covered under a federal or manufacturer's safety recall that the vehicles are subject to safety recall notices and have not been inspected or repaired prior to the signing of the agreement. Any disclosures required under this section shall be set forth in a separate document attached to the rental agreement and shall state (a) that the specific vehicle is the subject of a safety recall, (b) describe the recall in question, and (c) describe the nature of the defect. Such disclosure shall be initialled by the prospective renter prior to the signing of the rental agreement.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amendments to section 396-z of the general business law, made by section one of this act, shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 4 of chapter 109 of the laws of 2018, as amended, when upon such date section two of this act shall take effect.
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