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

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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

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6247--A
                              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
       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.
   17    S 2. Subdivision (a) of section 304 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
   18  amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new  subdi-
   19  vision (b-1) is added to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09209-11-5
       A. 6247--A                          2
    1    (a) No certificate or certificates of inspection shall be issued by an
    2  official inspection station until the mechanisms and other equipment, as
    3  specified  in SUBDIVISION (C) OF section three hundred one [(c)] of this
    4  [chapter] ARTICLE, of the motor vehicle inspected are in proper and safe
    5  condition  and comply with the rules and regulations of the commissioner
    6  and with the laws of this state, and the emissions of such motor vehicle
    7  conform with subdivision (d) of section three hundred one of this  arti-
    8  cle and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto at the time the certif-
    9  icate is issued.
   10    (B-1)  AN  OFFICIAL  INSPECTION STATION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT
   11  THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF EACH VEHICLE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION.
   12  THE DEPARTMENT, AFTER REVIEW OF  THE  NATIONAL  HIGHWAY  TRAFFIC  SAFETY
   13  ADMINISTRATION'S  WEBSITE  "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV",  SHALL PRODUCE AND
   14  PROVIDE TO THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION A VEHICLE  INSPECTION  REPORT
   15  INCLUDING A STATEMENT OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RECALLS THAT THE MOTOR
   16  VEHICLE  IS  SUBJECT  TO,  THAT  SUCH RECALLS MAY BE REPAIRED BY A MOTOR
   17  VEHICLE DEALER APPROVED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF  THE  VEHICLE,  AND  THAT
   18  FURTHER  INFORMATION  ON  THE  RECALLS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL
   19  HIGHWAY    TRAFFIC    SAFETY    ADMINISTRATION    ON    ITS     WEBSITE:
   20  "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV".  THE  OFFICIAL  INSPECTION  STATEMENT STATION
   21  SHALL DELIVER SUCH PRINTED VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT TO THE OWNER OF THE
   22  INSPECTED MOTOR VEHICLE. IF THE OWNER IS  A  DEALER,  THE  DEALER  SHALL
   23  PROVIDE  SUCH  VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT TO THE NEXT RETAIL PURCHASER OR
   24  LESSEE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
   25    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   26  ing  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
   27  that effective immediately any and all actions  necessary  to  implement
   28  the  provisions  of  this  act  on its effective date are authorized and
   29  directed to be completed by the  department  of  motor  vehicles  on  or
   30  before such effective date.