§ 910. Discrimination based on age prohibited. 1. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, partnership, firm, institution, sole proprietorship or other entity or person engaged in the business of peer-to-peer car sharing to refuse to make a shared vehicle available to any person twenty-one years of age or older solely on the basis of age, provided that insurance coverage for persons of such age is available. Any actual cost for insurance related to the age of the shared driver may be passed on to such person.

Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 910

  • 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. A knowing violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.

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