Bill Text: NY A06645 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6645

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the parking or storing of a fully concealed vehicle on a public street.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A06645 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06645-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6645

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 25, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  prohibiting
          the parking or storing of a fully concealed vehicle on a public street

          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 1229-e to read as follows:
     3    §  1229-e. Prohibition of a fully concealed vehicle parked on a public
     4  street. (1) For the purposes of this section, "fully concealed  vehicle"
     5  shall  mean  a vehicle covered with an opaque material where the license
     6  plate, the vehicle identification number, vehicle registration and other
     7  identifying information, and all windows are not visible.
     8    (2) The parking or storing of a fully concealed vehicle  on  a  public
     9  street shall be strictly prohibited.
    10    (3) Any vehicle parked on a public street in violation of this section
    11  shall be subject to immediate impound and towing to a location where the
    12  safety concerns regarding the vehicle shall be determined.
    13    (4)  Notwithstanding  any other provisions of law to the contrary, any
    14  municipality of this state, acting through its local  legislative  body,
    15  is  hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws, rules
    16  and ordinances, in accordance with the provisions of  this  section,  in
    17  order to impose a penalty for violating this section, which may include,
    18  but not be limited to, the cost of towing the vehicle.
    19    (5)  If the vehicle and its contents are determined to be of no safety
    20  threat, the vehicle shall be released subject  to  satisfaction  of  all
    21  sanctions imposed by local authorities for the release of the vehicle.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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