Bill Text: NY A09020 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the furnishing of registration information by the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - print number 9020a [A09020 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09020-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9020--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 19, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. MORELLE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation -- 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 registration
          information
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 202 of the  vehi-
     2  cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1989, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) The commissioner shall notify each  vehicle  registrant  that  the
     5  personal information contained within registration information specified
     6  in  paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision has been or will be furnished to
     7  the contracting party. The commissioner shall inform each vehicle regis-
     8  trant when such registrant first makes application for a vehicle  regis-
     9  tration  or  when  such  registrant applies to renew an existing vehicle
    10  registration how to achieve the deletion of such  information  from  the
    11  contracting  party's file. The contract between the commissioner and the
    12  contracting party shall provide that, upon the request of the registrant
    13  made in such manner and in such form  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the
    14  commissioner,  such  personal  information contained within registration
    15  information shall be deleted from the contracting party's file  for  all
    16  purposes,  except:    [(i)  issuance  of manufacturer's warranty, safety
    17  recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical complications.]
    18    (i) for use by any government  agency,  including  any  court  or  law
    19  enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any private person
    20  or  entity  acting  on  behalf  of  a federal, state, or local agency in
    21  carrying out its functions;
    22    (ii) for use in connection with matters of  motor  vehicle  or  driver
    23  safety  and theft; motor vehicle emissions; motor vehicle product alter-
    24  ations, recalls, or advisors; performance monitoring of motor  vehicles,
    25  motor  vehicle  parts  and dealers; motor vehicle market research activ-
    26  ities, including survey research; and removal of non-owner records  from
    27  the original records of motor vehicle manufacturers;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13648-03-6