Bill Text: NY A09521 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Increases the dollar value of abandoned vehicles which may be seized by a local authority.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-05 - reported referred to rules [A09521 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09521-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         9521--A

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 20, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WILLIAMS, BURGOS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, DAVILA,
          REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee 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  abandoned
          vehicles

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1224 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 540 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    2. If an abandoned vehicle, at the time of abandonment, has no  number
     5  plates  affixed  and  is of a wholesale value, taking into consideration
     6  the condition of the vehicle,  of  [one]  three  thousand  [two  hundred
     7  fifty]  dollars  or  less, ownership shall immediately vest in the local
     8  authority having jurisdiction thereof and title  to  the  vehicle  shall
     9  vest  in  accordance  with applicable law and regulations of the commis-
    10  sioner, provided however that a local authority shall not be required to
    11  obtain title to an abandoned vehicle that is subject to  the  provisions
    12  of this subdivision if the vehicle will be sold or otherwise disposed of
    13  as junk or salvage, dismantled for use other than as a motor vehicle, or
    14  otherwise destroyed.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    16  it shall have become a law.




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