Bill Text: NY A07423 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for the sale of salvaged airbags.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-14 - print number 7423b [A07423 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07423-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7423--B

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 7, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. STIRPE, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on  Trans-
          portation  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
          ments, 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     2  vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.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  Section  415-c of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED and a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 shall not be offered for sale.
    15    3.  Prior  to  sale, a provider of non-deployed recycled airbags shall
    16  conduct an inspection of such airbags, which shall include, but  not  be
    17  limited to:
    18    (a) The identification and recording of the vehicle year, make, model,
    19  vehicle identification number, and airbag trim color of the vehicle that
    20  the non-deployed recycled airbag was removed from; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11175-03-2
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     1    (b)  A  visual inspection of the airbag, the airbag system, the airbag
     2  module cover, and electrical connectors, including review for any  signs
     3  of damage or contamination.
     4    4.    Upon  the  sale  of a non-deployed recycled airbag, the provider
     5  shall provide the buyer with a written certification  of  the  following
     6  information:
     7    (a)  the  identity  of  the  person or entity selling the non-deployed
     8  recycled airbag;
     9    (b) the year, make, model, and vehicle identification  number  of  the
    10  vehicle receiving the non-deployed recycled airbag;
    11    (c)  the  identification of the vehicle that the non-deployed recycled
    12  airbag was removed from, including the year, make,  model,  and  vehicle
    13  identification number;
    14    (d) the supplier's internal stock number for the non-deployed recycled
    15  airbag;
    16    (e)  that  the non-deployed recycled airbag is an appropriate part for
    17  the vehicle receiving the non-deployed recycled airbag; and
    18    (f) that all of the requirements of the inspection  as  prescribed  in
    19  subdivision three of this section have been met.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.