Bill Text: NY A00111 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties by the department of motor vehicles may not be used for purposes other than (i) issuance of manufacturer's warranty, safety recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical compilations without the registrant's express consent.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A00111 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A00111-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 111 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, GIGLIO, GRAF, MURRAY, LUPINACCI, FITZPA- TRICK, BRABENEC, JOHNS, LAWRENCE, STECK, McDONOUGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, KOLB, HAWLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GANTT, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to consent for the use of registration lists and title 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 commis- 7 sioner shall inform each vehicle registrant when such registrant first 8 makes application for a vehicle registration or when such registrant 9 applies to renew an existing vehicle registration how to [achieve the10deletion of] provide express affirmative consent for such information 11 [from the contracting party's file] to be shared with the contracting 12 party when such information is to be used for purposes other than those 13 listed in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph. The contract 14 between the commissioner and the contracting party shall provide that, 15 [upon the request of the registrant] unless the vehicle registrant has 16 provided express affirmative consent as indicated in a separate written 17 authorization, made in such manner and in such form as shall be 18 prescribed by the commissioner, such registration information shall not 19 be shared with the contracting party or shall be deleted from the 20 contracting party's file for all purposes, except: (i) issuance of 21 manufacturer's warranty, safety recall or similar notices, or (ii) 22 statistical [complications] compilations. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01608-01-7A. 111 2 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 2 it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of motor 3 vehicles is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations 4 and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its 5 effective date on or before such date; and provided further that the 6 provisions of this act shall apply to contracts entered into, altered, 7 modified, extended, or renewed on or after such effective date.
