N.Y. General Business Law 911 – Discrimination on the basis of credit card ownership prohibited
§ 911. Discrimination on the basis of credit card ownership prohibited. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, institution, sole proprietorship, corporation or other entity engaged in the business of peer-to-peer car sharing to refuse to make a shared vehicle available to any person solely on the requirement of ownership of a credit card.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 911
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Peer-to-peer car sharing: shall mean the authorized use of a shared vehicle by an individual other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
- Shared vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program that is both:
(a) used nonexclusively for peer-to-peer car sharing activity pursuant to a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement; and
(b) not otherwise made available by the shared vehicle owner for use as a rental vehicle as defined in § 137-a of the vehicle and traffic law. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
2. For the purposes of this section, "credit card" shall mean any credit card, credit plate, charge plate or other identification card or device which is issued by a person to another person as the holder thereof, and may be used by such holder to obtain a cash advance, loan, or credit, or to purchase or rent property or services on the credit of the person issuing the credit card or the holder.
3. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars.