A 3792: Requires gas stations to maintain backup generators capable of operating the gas pumps in the event of loss of electricity.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3792 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring gas stations to maintain a backup generator to operate gas pumps in the event of loss of electricity The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 399-eeee to read as follows: 3 § 399-eeee. Placement of backup generators at gas stations. 1. Every 4 retail gas station located within this state shall be required to main- 5 tain a backup generator capable of operating all gas pumps situated on 6 the property for a period of no less than forty-eight hours in the event 7 that the retail gas station loses its main source of electricity. 8 2. For purposes of this section, "retail gas station" shall mean a 9 filling station where gasoline is stored primarily for sale by delivery 10 directly into the ordinary fuel tank connected with the engine of a 11 motor vehicle or vessel to be consumed in the operation of such motor 12 vehicle or vessel. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 14 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07209-01-5