N.Y. General Business Law 905 – Disclosures
§ 905. Disclosures. 1. Each peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement made in this state shall disclose and separately state or itemize to the shared vehicle owner and the shared vehicle driver:
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 905
- 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 - Shared vehicle driver: shall mean a driver, as such term is defined by § 113 of the vehicle and traffic law, of a shared vehicle during the sharing period who has been authorized to use such shared vehicle pursuant to a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
- Shared vehicle owner: shall mean an owner, as defined in § 128 of the vehicle and traffic law, of a registered shared vehicle made available for use by shared vehicle drivers through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
(a) the daily rate, fees, and, if applicable, any insurance or protection package costs that shall be charged to the shared vehicle owner or the shared vehicle driver; and
(b) an emergency telephone number to contact personnel capable of providing roadside assistance and handling other customer service inquiries.
2. No peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator shall accept a reservation unless the shared vehicle driver has received a final quoted rate that includes all charges which the shared vehicle driver shall pay to obtain access to the vehicle, provided, however, that a peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator may separately state itemized optional items and/or services or any mileage below the final quoted rate in the same font and on the same page or webpage on which the rate quote is provided.