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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11611
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 24, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Burdick) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to providing gas
station assistance to disabled motorists
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 396-bb of the general busi-
2 ness law are renumbered subdivisions 3 and 4 and a new subdivision 2 is
3 added to read as follows:
4 2. A. ANY GASOLINE STATION OFFERING THE PUBLIC SALE OF GASOLINE AT
5 SELF-SERVICE ISLANDS SHALL PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF ONE SELF-SERVICE ISLAND
6 DEVICE THAT ALLOWS A DISABLED PERSON, PARKED AT THAT STATION IN A VEHI-
7 CLE DISPLAYING A DISABLED LICENSE PLATE ISSUED BY NEW YORK STATE OR A
8 VALID DISABLED LICENSE PLATE ISSUED BY ANY OTHER STATE, OR A VALID DISA-
9 BLED LICENSE PLATE ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO SIGNAL AN
10 EMPLOYEE THAT THE DRIVER REQUIRES ASSISTANCE IN DISPENSING MOTOR FUEL.
11 AN ATTENDANT SHALL THEN ARRIVE TO DISPENSE MOTOR FUEL AT NO ADDITIONAL
12 COST BEYOND THE PRICE THAT THE FUEL IS BEING OFFERED TO THE GENERAL
13 PUBLIC. A DEVICE SHALL BE INSTALLED THAT ALERTS THE EMPLOYEE INSIDE THE
14 BUILDING THAT ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED AT THE PUMP, AND SHALL BE MOUNTED
15 BETWEEN THIRTY-FOUR AND FORTY-EIGHT INCHES FROM THE GROUND. A SIGN SHALL
16 BE CONSPICUOUSLY POSTED AT THE SELF-SERVICE STATION THAT MEETS THE AMER-
17 ICAN DISABILITY ACT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES IDENTIFYING THE CALL DEVICE
18 AND THE HOURS WHEN ASSISTANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE AND OPERABLE FROM THE
19 VEHICLE.
20 B. THE GASOLINE STATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE
21 PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION DURING TIMES WHEN SUCH
22 STATION IS BEING OPERATED ON A REMOTE CONTROL BASIS BY ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE
23 AND A PASSENGER IN THAT VEHICLE IS REASONABLY CAPABLE OF DISPENSING
24 MOTOR FUEL. PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO GASOLINE
25 STATIONS THAT ARE OPERATED BY ONE CASHIER AND REMOTE CONTROL EQUIPMENT
26 FOR DISPENSING MOTOR FUEL.
27 C. IF AN OWNER OWNS ONLY ONE GASOLINE STATION IN NEW YORK STATE, THEN
28 THAT GAS STATION MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IF AN OWNER OWNS MORE THAN ONE GASOLINE
2 STATION IN NEW YORK STATE THEN THE OWNER MUST MAKE AT LEAST FIFTY
3 PERCENT OF THOSE GASOLINE STATIONS COMPLIANT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION WITH-
4 IN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IN EITHER CASE
5 THE OWNER MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
6 OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.