Bill Text: NY A06247 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 6247 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Directs the department of motor vehicles to maintain an internet link of motor vehicle safety recalls; requires official inspection stations to make an inquiry of such link upon inspection of a vehicle, and if such a recall exists on the vehicle, to advise the owner thereof.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A06247 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06247-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6247--B
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 18, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. DenDEKKER, PICHARDO, MILLER, BENEDETTO, STIRPE,
         COOK, GOTTFRIED, RYAN, BROOK-KRASNY,  STECK,  BLAKE,  ARROYO,  MARKEY,
         HOOPER  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, GLICK, JAFFEE, PERRY,
         SIMON, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
         tation -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
         amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
         committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
         ted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in relation to the
         provision of notice to owners whose  motor  vehicles  are  subject  to
         safety recalls
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 210-a to read as follows:
    3    S  210-A.  MOTOR  VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL INFORMATION. 1. THE DEPARTMENT
    4  SHALL  MAKE   AVAILABLE   ON   ITS   INTERNET   WEBSITE,   A   LINK   TO
    5  "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV" OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFE-
    6  TY  ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDING ALL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RECALLS, BASED
    7  ON MOTOR VEHICLE MAKE, MODEL, YEAR AND  VEHICLE  IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER,
    8  ISSUED  BY  SUCH  ADMINISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC
    9  AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT.
   10    2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMOTE  AND  PROVIDE  PUBLIC  NOTICE  OF  THE
   11  AVAILABILITY  OF  INFORMATION  ON  MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RECALLS FROM THE
   12  DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY  TRAFFIC  SAFETY  ADMINIS-
   13  TRATION  AT  ITS WEBSITE:  "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV". SUCH PROMOTION AND
   14  NOTICE SHALL BE PROVIDED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE AND  ON  A
   15  SEPARATE  INSERT  PROVIDED  TO MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS UPON THE ISSUANCE OR
   16  RENEWAL OF A REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 6247--B                          2
    1    S 2. Subdivision (a) of section 304 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    2  amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new  subdi-
    3  vision (b-1) is added to read as follows:
    4    (a) No certificate or certificates of inspection shall be issued by an
    5  official inspection station until the mechanisms and other equipment, as
    6  specified  in SUBDIVISION (C) OF section three hundred one [(c)] of this
    7  [chapter] ARTICLE, of the motor vehicle inspected are in proper and safe
    8  condition and comply with the rules and regulations of the  commissioner
    9  and with the laws of this state, and the emissions of such motor vehicle
   10  conform  with subdivision (d) of section three hundred one of this arti-
   11  cle and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto at the time the certif-
   12  icate is issued.
   13    (B-1) AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION SHALL SUBMIT  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT
   14  THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF EACH VEHICLE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION.
   15  THE  DEPARTMENT,  AFTER  REVIEW  OF  THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
   16  ADMINISTRATION'S WEBSITE "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV",  SHALL  PRODUCE  AND
   17  PROVIDE  TO  THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION A VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT
   18  INCLUDING A STATEMENT OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL OR RECALLS THAT
   19  THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO, THAT SUCH RECALLS MAY BE REPAIRED BY  A
   20  MOTOR  VEHICLE  DEALER  APPROVED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE, AND
   21  THAT FURTHER INFORMATION  ON  THE  RECALLS  MAY  BE  OBTAINED  FROM  THE
   22  NATIONAL   HIGHWAY   TRAFFIC   SAFETY  ADMINISTRATION  ON  ITS  WEBSITE:
   23  "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV". THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION SHALL DELIVER
   24  SUCH PRINTED VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT TO THE  OWNER  OF  THE  INSPECTED
   25  MOTOR  VEHICLE.  IF THE OWNER IS A DEALER, THE DEALER SHALL PROVIDE SUCH
   26  VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT TO THE NEXT RETAIL PURCHASER OR LESSEE OF  THE
   27  MOTOR VEHICLE.
   28    S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   29  ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law;  provided,  however,
   30  that  effective  immediately  any and all actions necessary to implement
   31  the provisions of this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and
   32  directed  to  be  completed  by  the  department of motor vehicles on or
   33  before such effective date.