New York Senate Bill S06985 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6985 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requirements for the rental of helmets The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "safe helmet act". 3 § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 391- 4 ccc to read as follows: 5 § 391-ccc. Rental of helmets. 1. No person, corporation, association 6 or partnership who rents helmets or provides helmets to customers as 7 part of their business shall rent or provide a helmet that has previous- 8 ly sustained an impact. 9 2. (a) (i) Every person, corporation, association or partnership who 10 rents helmets or provides helmets to customers as part of their business 11 shall directly inquire from every customer about whether any impacts 12 have been sustained to a rented or provided helmet upon the return of 13 such helmet. 14 (ii) Every person, corporation, association or partnership who rents 15 helmets or provides helmets to customers as part of their business shall 16 keep a written record of every notification of an impact provided by a 17 customer pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph. 18 (b) No person, corporation, association or partnership who rents 19 helmets or provides helmets to customers as part of their business 20 shall: 21 (i) charge a customer a fee or penalty if a helmet rented or provided 22 to such customer sustained an impact while in the possession of such 23 customer; or 24 (ii) provide a discount or incentive to a customer for returning a 25 rented or provided helmet undamaged. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09843-01-5 
 S. 6985 2 1 3. No person, corporation, association or partnership who rents 2 helmets or provides helmets to customers as part of their business shall 3 store a helmet which has sustained an impact with undamaged helmets. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 5 have become a law.