Bill Text: NY A08414 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8414 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the furnishing of registration information by the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A08414 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08414-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8414
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 14, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to registration
          information
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 202 of the vehi-
     2  cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of  1989,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (b)  [The  commissioner  shall notify each vehicle registrant that the
     5  registration information specified in paragraph (a) of this  subdivision
     6  has been or will be furnished to the contracting party. The commissioner
     7  shall  inform  each  vehicle registrant when such registrant first makes
     8  application for a vehicle registration or when such  registrant  applies
     9  to renew an existing vehicle registration how to achieve the deletion of
    10  such  information  from  the  contracting  party's  file.]  The contract
    11  between the commissioner and the contracting party shall  provide  that,
    12  [upon the request of the registrant made in such manner and in such form
    13  as  shall be prescribed by the commissioner,] such registration informa-
    14  tion shall  be  deleted  from  the  contracting  party's  file  for  all
    15  purposes,  except:    [(i)  issuance  of manufacturer's warranty, safety
    16  recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical complications.]
    17    (i) issuance of manufacturer's  warranty,  safety  recall  or  similar
    18  notices; or
    19    (ii) for use in producing statistical reports and research activities,
    20  so  long  as  the contracting party does not publish, redisclose, or use
    21  the personal information to contact individuals; or
    22    (iii) to remove non-owner records from the original records  of  motor
    23  vehicle manufacturers; or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00281-05-7

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     1    (iv)  for  use  by  any  government agency, including any court or law
     2  enforcement agency or entity acting on behalf of a government agency  in
     3  carrying out its functions; or
     4    (v)  for use in the normal course of business by a legitimate business
     5  or its agents or  contractors,  but  only  to  verify  the  accuracy  of
     6  personal  information  submitted  by  the individual for the purposes of
     7  preventing fraud; or
     8    (vi) for use by any insurer  or  by  a  self-insured  entity,  or  its
     9  agents,  employees,  or  contractors,  in  connection with motor vehicle
    10  claims investigation activities, antifraud activities, rating or  under-
    11  writing.
    12    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall only apply to
    13  contracts executed on or after such effective date.