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

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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-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6057--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 31, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STIRPE,  SIMON, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on  Transportation  --  recommitted  to  the
          Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        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     2  vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.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 Section 415-c of the vehicle and traffic law is  REPEALED  and  a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, comes from a flood vehicle as determined by the commissioner, or
    15  that does not have an identifiable serial number, shall not  be  offered
    16  for sale.
    17    3.  Prior  to  sale, a provider of non-deployed recycled airbags shall
    18  conduct an inspection of such airbags, which shall include, but  not  be
    19  limited to:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01805-05-4
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     1    (a) The identification and recording of the vehicle year, make, model,
     2  vehicle identification number, and airbag trim color of the vehicle that
     3  the non-deployed recycled airbag was removed from; and
     4    (b)  A  visual inspection of the airbag, the airbag system, the airbag
     5  module cover, and electrical connectors, including review for any  signs
     6  of damage or contamination.
     7    4.    Upon  the  sale  of a non-deployed recycled airbag, the provider
     8  shall provide the buyer with a written certification  of  the  following
     9  information:
    10    (a)  the  identity  of  the  person or entity selling the non-deployed
    11  recycled airbag;
    12    (b) the year, make, model, and vehicle identification  number  of  the
    13  vehicle receiving the non-deployed recycled airbag;
    14    (c)  the  identification of the vehicle that the non-deployed recycled
    15  airbag was removed from, including the year, make,  model,  and  vehicle
    16  identification number;
    17    (d) the supplier's internal stock number for the non-deployed recycled
    18  airbag;
    19    (e)  that  the non-deployed recycled airbag is an appropriate part for
    20  the vehicle receiving the non-deployed recycled airbag; and
    21    (f) that all of the requirements of the inspection  as  prescribed  in
    22  subdivision three of this section have been met.
    23    5.  A non-deployed recycled airbag shall only be offered for sale by a
    24  vehicle dismantler that is registered pursuant to section  four  hundred
    25  fifteen-a of this article.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    27  it shall have become a law.