Bill Text: NY A06057 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the sale of salvaged airbags; allows for the sale of non-deployed recycled airbags in New York, provided that such airbags meet required safety standards.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-19 - print number 6057a [A06057 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06057-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6057

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STIRPE,  SIMON, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the sale  of
          salvaged  airbags; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relat-
          ing thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 6 of section 398-d of the
     2  vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
     3    § 2. Section 415-c of the vehicle and traffic law is  REPEALED  and  a
     4  new section 415-c is added to read as follows:
     5    §  415-c. Sale of original equipment non-deployed recycled airbags. 1.
     6  Any recycled airbag offered for  sale  shall  be  non-deployed  original
     7  equipment  removed  from  a  salvaged  vehicle, and installed in another
     8  vehicle for which it is a correct replacement part.  This section  shall
     9  not  apply  to  the  sale  of  rebuilt, re-manufactured, or non-original
    10  equipment airbags or airbag system  components,  or  to  any  airbag  or
    11  airbag  system that has been disassembled, altered, repaired, or has had
    12  any parts removed or replaced.
    13    2. A non-deployed recycled airbag that is under an active manufacturer
    14  recall shall not be offered for sale.
    15    3. Prior to sale, a provider of non-deployed  recycled  airbags  shall
    16  conduct  an  inspection of such airbags, which shall include, but not be
    17  limited to:
    18    (a) The identification and recording of the vehicle year, make, model,
    19  vehicle identification number, and airbag trim color of the vehicle that
    20  the non-deployed recycled airbag was removed from; and
    21    (b) A visual inspection of the airbag, the airbag system,  the  airbag
    22  module  cover, and electrical connectors, including review for any signs
    23  of damage or contamination.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01805-01-3
        A. 6057                             2

     1    4.  Upon the sale of a  non-deployed  recycled  airbag,  the  provider
     2  shall  provide  the  buyer with a written certification of the following
     3  information:
     4    (a)  the  identity  of  the  person or entity selling the non-deployed
     5  recycled airbag;
     6    (b) the year, make, model, and vehicle identification  number  of  the
     7  vehicle receiving the non-deployed recycled airbag;
     8    (c)  the  identification of the vehicle that the non-deployed recycled
     9  airbag was removed from, including the year, make,  model,  and  vehicle
    10  identification number;
    11    (d) the supplier's internal stock number for the non-deployed recycled
    12  airbag;
    13    (e)  that  the non-deployed recycled airbag is an appropriate part for
    14  the vehicle receiving the non-deployed recycled airbag; and
    15    (f) that all of the requirements of the inspection  as  prescribed  in
    16  subdivision three of this section have been met.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.