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| 1 | 1 | <STYLE><!--U {color: Green}S {color: RED} I {color: DARKBLUE; background-color:yellow} P.brk {page-break-before:always}--></STYLE> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <PRE WIDTH="94"> <FONT SIZE=5><B> STATE OF NEW YORK</B></FONT> ________________________________________________________________________ 6825--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions <FONT SIZE=5><B> IN ASSEMBLY</B></FONT> March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Agriculture -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to fees related to liquified petroleum <B><U>The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-</U></B> <B><U>bly, do enact as follows:</U></B> 1 Section 1. Section 192-e of the agriculture and markets law is amended 2 by adding five new subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 to read as 3 follows: 4 <B><U>10. A seller shall not misrepresent the nature of any fee, nor collect</U></B> 5 <B><U>from a consumer:</U></B> 6 <B><U>(a) a special usage fee that is greater than a nominal value. For the</U></B> 7 <B><U>purposes of this section, "special usage fee" shall mean a fee charged</U></B> 8 <B><U>to a consumer for using less than the minimum amount of liquified petro-</U></B> 9 <B><U>leum gas as established by the seller. No special usage fee shall be</U></B> 10 <B><U>charged except for when: (i) the consumer's usage of liquified petroleum</U></B> 11 <B><U>gas is low enough that the seller would otherwise be unable to make a</U></B> 12 <B><U>reasonable return on investment for providing liquified petroleum gas</U></B> 13 <B><U>service to that consumer; (ii) the special usage fee shall be disclosed</U></B> 14 <B><U>in the contract between the seller and the consumer; and (iii) a</U></B> 15 <B><U>description of the fee shall be provided on the consumer's bill pursuant</U></B> 16 <B><U>to subdivision twelve of this section;</U></B> 17 <B><U>(b) a fee for liquified petroleum gas that is not actually delivered</U></B> 18 <B><U>to a consumer;</U></B> 19 <B><U>(c) a fee that is not disclosed in the contract between the seller and</U></B> 20 <B><U>the consumer related to termination of liquified petroleum gas service</U></B> 21 <B><U>at the agreed upon end of contract between the seller and the consumer</U></B> 22 <B><U>that is greater than the cost of labor associated with the termination</U></B> 23 <B><U>of service, including a fee that is greater than the cost of labor to:</U></B> EXPLANATION--Matter in <B><U>italics</U></B> (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [<B><S> </S></B>] is old law to be omitted. LBD05380-03-5 </PRE><P CLASS="brk"><PRE WIDTH="94"> A. 6825--A 2 1 <B><U>(i) remove the seller's liquified petroleum gas tank from the prem-</U></B> 2 <B><U>ises;</U></B> 3 <B><U>(ii) pump out or restock liquified petroleum gas; or</U></B> 4 <B><U>(iii) terminate service;</U></B> 5 <B><U>(d) a fee related to termination of liquified petroleum gas service</U></B> 6 <B><U>prior to the agreed upon end of a contract between the seller and the</U></B> 7 <B><U>consumer, that is (i) greater than a nominal value, or (ii) greater than</U></B> 8 <B><U>the cost of labor;</U></B> 9 <B><U>(e) a tank rental fee for any period of time after the service has</U></B> 10 <B><U>been disconnected by the seller or the consumer has notified the seller</U></B> 11 <B><U>that the seller's equipment is no longer connected;</U></B> 12 <B><U>(f) any amounts for the repair of equipment or for any special trip</U></B> 13 <B><U>related to the repair of equipment if the equipment owned by a seller</U></B> 14 <B><U>malfunctions through no fault of a consumer or other person authorized</U></B> 15 <B><U>to be on the premises;</U></B> 16 <B><U>(g) a delivery fee if the seller fails to make a delivery through no</U></B> 17 <B><U>fault of the consumer and the consumer runs out of liquified petroleum</U></B> 18 <B><U>gas as a result; or</U></B> 19 <B><U>(h) a fee, the basis of which is not compliant with any applicable</U></B> 20 <B><U>statute or rule.</U></B> 21 <B><U>11. A seller shall provide a rebate to a consumer equal to the price</U></B> 22 <B><U>paid by that consumer for liquified petroleum gas that is removed from a</U></B> 23 <B><U>liquified petroleum gas tank by the seller and resold.</U></B> 24 <B><U>12. A seller of liquified petroleum gas shall provide on each bill a</U></B> 25 <B><U>description of the nature and purpose of each fee that is being charged.</U></B> 26 <B><U>13. The fiscal impact of being compliant with any governmental, regu-</U></B> 27 <B><U>latory, or environmental requirement shall not be borne by liquified</U></B> 28 <B><U>petroleum gas consumers and shall not be added to bills rendered by a</U></B> 29 <B><U>company selling liquified petroleum gas; provided, however, that this</U></B> 30 <B><U>subdivision shall not limit the per-gallon price charged by sellers or</U></B> 31 <B><U>prohibit collection of any tax allowable under state law.</U></B> 32 <B><U>14. The attorney general shall have jurisdiction to enforce the</U></B> 33 <B><U>provisions of this section in accordance with the powers granted to the</U></B> 34 <B><U>attorney general by section sixty-three of the executive law.</U></B> 35 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |