Bill Text: NY A09968 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the amount of each federal, state or local tax or fee included in the price of a gallon of fuel to be posted upon the dispensing device.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-27 - referred to agriculture [A09968 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09968-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9968
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 27, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. GIBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Agriculture
       AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
         ing the posting of the taxes imposed upon each gallon  of  motor  fuel
         and Diesel motor fuel used in a motor vehicle or motorboat
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 192 of the agricul-
    2  ture and markets law, as amended by chapter 101 of the laws of 1986,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    a. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or
    5  offer for sale at retail for use in internal combustion engines in motor
    6  vehicles  or  motorboats any motor fuel OR DIESEL MOTOR FUEL, AS DEFINED
    7  IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF THE TAX  LAW,  unless  such  seller
    8  shall:
    9    (i)  post  and  keep  posted  on the dispensing device from which such
   10  motor fuel OR DIESEL MOTOR FUEL is sold or offered for sale  a  sign  or
   11  placard,  at least twelve inches in height and at least twelve inches in
   12  width, stating clearly and legibly with the whole cent numerals at least
   13  nine inches in height and at least two  inches  in  width,  the  selling
   14  price  per  gallon of such motor fuel.  SUCH SIGN OR PLACARD SHALL ALSO,
   15  CLEARLY AND LEGIBLY, SEPARATELY STATE EACH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL  TAX
   16  AND FEE INCLUDED IN THE SELLING PRICE PER GALLON OF MOTOR FUEL OR DIESEL
   17  MOTOR  FUEL;  THE AGGREGATE OF ALL FEDERAL TAXES AND FEES, THE AGGREGATE
   18  OF ALL STATE TAXES AND FEES, AND THE AGGREGATE OF ALL  LOCAL  TAXES  AND
   19  FEES  INCLUDED  IN  THE SELLING PRICE PER GALLON OF MOTOR FUEL OR DIESEL
   20  MOTOR FUEL; AND THE AGGREGATE OF ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES  AND
   21  FEES  INCLUDED  IN  THE SELLING PRICE PER GALLON OF MOTOR FUEL OR DIESEL
   22  MOTOR FUEL; or
   23    (ii) where such individual pump or dispensing  device  dispenses  more
   24  than  two  differently priced grades of motor fuel, only the highest and
   25  lowest selling price per gallon of such motor fuel  dispensed  therefrom
   26  must  be posted thereon in conformance with all other provisions of this
   27  subdivision; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL  TAXES
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15159-01-2
       A. 9968                             2
    1  AND FEES FOR EACH GRADE OF MOTOR FUEL SHALL BE POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH
    2  THE PROVISIONS OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH; or
    3    (iii)  where  a  multiple  product  dispensing  device  is  capable of
    4  dispensing multiple products at multiple prices, then the selling  price
    5  per  gallon  may  be posted thereon with numerals at least one-half that
    6  height and one-half that width required  by  subparagraph  (i)  of  this
    7  paragraph,  although  numerals  representing  tenths  of  a  cent may be
    8  displayed at no less than one-half those dimensions which  disclose  the
    9  selling price per gallon of such motor fuel dispensed therefrom.
   10    The  signs  [and],  selling prices, AND FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES
   11  AND FEES shall be posted so as to be clearly visible to the driver of an
   12  approaching motor vehicle or motorboat. The  name,  trade  name,  brand,
   13  mark  or  symbol,  and  grade  of quality classification, if any of such
   14  motor fuel OR DIESEL MOTOR FUEL shall be permanently imprinted  on  said
   15  motor  fuel  OR  DIESEL  MOTOR FUEL dispensing device. The provisions of
   16  this subdivision shall not apply to a  city,  county,  town  or  village
   17  which  has  already  enacted  and continues in effect a local law, ordi-
   18  nance, rule or regulation in substantial conformity with  this  subdivi-
   19  sion.  The provisions of this subdivision shall be enforced in the coun-
   20  ties outside the city of New York by the  county  or  city  director  of
   21  weights and measures, as the case may be, and in the city of New York by
   22  the  department  of consumer affairs.   THE COMMISSIONER, BY RULE, SHALL
   23  ESTABLISH THE SIZE OF THE NOTICE OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL  TAXES  AND
   24  FEES  INCLUDED  IN  THE SELLING PRICE PER GALLON OF MOTOR FUEL OR DIESEL
   25  MOTOR FUEL.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   27  it shall have become a law; provided that,  effective  immediately,  any
   28  rules  and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
   29  on its effective date are authorized and directed to be amended, promul-
   30  gated and/or repealed on or before such date.