N.Y. General Business Law 914 – Geographical discrimination prohibited
§ 914. Geographical discrimination prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator to engage in any of the following practices solely on the basis of the geographical location of the residence of a New York state resident attempting to enter into a peer-to-peer car sharing agreement:
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 914
- administrator: shall mean the corporation, partnership, firm, institution, sole proprietorship or other entity or person that is responsible for operating, facilitating or administering the means, digital or otherwise, by which a business platform facilitates a peer-to-peer car sharing program for financial consideration, but shall not include a person or entity engaged in the business of renting or leasing rental vehicles to be operated upon the public highways for carrying passengers or non-profit or charitable organizations that facilitate peer-to-peer car sharing in exchange for payment of a fee or for financial consideration. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
- agreement: shall mean the terms and conditions that govern the use of a shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
- 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
- program: means a program that facilitates the use or operation of a shared vehicle by a shared vehicle driver. 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
1. refusing to allow participation in such peer-to-peer car sharing program provided, however, that a peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator may designate geographical boundaries where a car sharing start time or termination time occurs;
2. imposing any additional charge for peer-to-peer car sharing of a shared vehicle; or
3. imposing any additional terms, conditions or privileges upon such peer-to-peer car sharing of a shared vehicle.