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Int 0586-2014

Signs, posters or placards that advertise gas prices.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Consumer Affairsintroduced 2014-12-17Local Law 2015/080

Enacted as Local Law 2015/080.

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Agenda: 2014-12-17Passed: 2015-09-02Enacted: 2015-09-02

Summary

This bill would amend the requirements for gas station road signs that advertise the price of gasoline to consumers. The bill would require gas stations that sell gasoline at a lower price for purchases made in cash or other specific form of payment to clearly disclose that the advertised price is available only for purchases made in cash or such other specific forms of payment. The bill would also set a minimum size for gas station road signs.

Committee on Consumer Affairs — Department of Consumer Affairs

How it compares

28% of similar bills passed

14 passed · 36 died

This bill: 236 days in committee

Similar bills: median 431 days · 374 days when passed

Compared against 50 Introduction bills in Committee on Consumer Affairs.

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Int 0287-2014
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468dEnacted
Int 0296-2006
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83dEnacted
Int 0714-2005
Regulating the effective period of prices posted on signs, posters or placards for the sale of gasoline and diesel motor fuel.
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Sponsors (12)

Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.(prime)
Maria Del Carmen Arroyo
Fernando Cabrera
Karen Koslowitz
Darlene Mealy
Andy L. King
Corey D. Johnson
Daniel Dromm
Inez D. Barron
Mathieu Eugene
Ben Kallos
Ruben Wills

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2014-12-17 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2014-12-17 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-02-24 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-02-24 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-08-11 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2015-08-11 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
ActionAmended by Committee
2015-08-11 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2015-08-11 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
AdvancedApproved by Council
2015-08-13 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2015-08-13 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2015-09-02 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2015-09-02 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2015-09-02 · City Council

Heard at (2)

City Council · 2015-08-13 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2014-12-17 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (13)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 20-672 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows: 4. Where the price for purchases made with cash or other specified form of payment is less than the price for purchases made with any other form of payment, such sign, poster, or placard shall state the price for each type of accepted payment. � 2. This local law takes effect on the same date as a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to price displays on signage in gas stations, as proposed in introduction number 287-A for the year 2014, takes effect. LS 2772 LUR 7/14/2015 1