Bill Text: NY A06522 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Requires motor vehicle dealers to search for recalls prior to selling a used motor vehicle and requires the dealer to either make the required repairs or to notify the purchaser, in writing, of the recall.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-04 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [A06522 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A06522-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Requires motor vehicle dealers to search for recalls prior to selling a used motor vehicle and requires the dealer to either make the required repairs or to notify the purchaser, in writing, of the recall.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-04 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [A06522 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A06522-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6522 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 4, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring motor vehicle dealers to search for recalls prior to selling a used motor vehicle THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 398-e to read as follows: 3 S 398-E. USED MOTOR VEHICLES; RECALLS. 1. THE FOLLOWING TERMS WHEN 4 USED IN THIS SECTION, SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEAN AND INCLUDE: 5 (A) "DEALER" AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE VEHICLE 6 AND TRAFFIC LAW. 7 (B) "MOTOR VEHICLE" AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF 8 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND EXCLUDING CLASS A, B AND C LIMITED USE 9 MOTORCYCLES AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THE VEHI- 10 CLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. 11 2. WHENEVER A DEALER SELLS A USED MOTOR VEHICLE, THE DEALER SHALL 12 CHECK TO SEE IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY MANUFACTURER'S RECALLS ON SUCH MOTOR 13 VEHICLE AND SHALL EITHER MAKE THE REPAIRS REQUIRED BY THE MANUFACTURER'S 14 RECALL OR NOTIFY THE PURCHASER, IN WRITING, OF ANY AND ALL MANUFACTUR- 15 ER'S RECALLS APPLICABLE TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE BEING PURCHASED. 16 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09771-01-3