Bill Text: NY A00172 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 172 (Prior Session Legislation)

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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to transportation [A00172 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00172-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          172
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CAHILL, PHEFFER, GANTT, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A.  CLARK, MARKEY, McENENY, REILLY -- 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 commission-
    7  er 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
   10  of] PROVIDE EXPRESS CONSENT FOR such information [from] IN the contract-
   11  ing  party's  file  TO  BE  USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED IN
   12  SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.  The contract between  the
   13  commissioner  and  the  contracting  party shall provide that, [upon the
   14  request of the registrant] UNLESS THE VEHICLE  REGISTRANT  HAS  PROVIDED
   15  EXPRESS  CONSENT  AS INDICATED IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION, made
   16  in such manner and in such form as shall be prescribed  by  the  commis-
   17  sioner,   such  registration  information  shall  be  deleted  from  the
   18  contracting party's file for all purposes,  except:    (i)  issuance  of
   19  manufacturer's  warranty,  safety  recall  or  similar  notices, or (ii)
   20  statistical [complications] COMPILATIONS.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   22  it shall have become a law; provided  that  the  commissioner  of  motor
   23  vehicles  is  authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00479-01-1
       A. 172                              2
    1  and take any other measures necessary  to  implement  this  act  on  its
    2  effective  date  on  or  before such date; and provided further that the
    3  provisions of this act shall apply to contracts entered  into,  altered,
    4  modified, extended, or renewed on or after such effective date.