A 4665: Prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle.
The proposed law aims to protect authorized drivers of rental vehicles from excessive fees, charges, and penalties. The law prohibits rental vehicle companies from imposing fees, charges, or penalties on authorized drivers, except for the actual cost of tolls, when using electronic toll collection systems or photo-monitoring systems. The law applies to these systems, which are defined in the public authorities law. The proposed law will take effect 60 days after it becomes a law and will survive the expiration and reversion of the relevant section.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to consumer affairs and protection |
| Feb. 04, 2025 | referred to consumer affairs and protection |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4665 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting rental vehicle companies from imposing any fees, charges or penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver for such driver's use of a rental vehicle The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 396-z of the general business law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 13-b to read as follows: 3 13-b. A rental vehicle company shall not impose any fees, charges or 4 penalties, other than the actual cost of a toll, on an authorized driver 5 for such driver's use of a rental vehicle through a toll collection 6 facility that utilizes an electronic toll collection system, as defined 7 in section twenty-nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities 8 law, or a photo-monitoring system for the payment of tolls. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law; provided that the amendments to section 396-z of the 11 general business law made by section one of this act shall survive the 12 expiration and reversion of such section as provided in section 4 of 13 chapter 109 of the laws of 2018, as amended. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06144-02-5