Bill Text: NY A00220 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A00220 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00220-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           220

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee 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.
                                                                   LBD00261-01-3
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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.