Bill Text: NY S01218 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1218 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires that motor vehicle repair shop invoices provide certain information regarding work guarantees stating the terms and time limits of any guarantee for repair work performed; also requires that if no guarantee is provided, the invoice must state such fact.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01218 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01218-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1218
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to repair  work
         guarantees
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    3    8.  (A)  THE  INVOICE  PROVIDED  BY  THE  MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP IN
    4  ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY  SET
    5  FORTH  THE  TERMS  AND  TIME  LIMIT OF ANY GUARANTEE FOR THE REPAIR WORK
    6  PERFORMED. WHERE NO GUARANTEE IS GIVEN, THE INVOICE SHALL SO STATE.
    7    (B) THE INVOICE SHALL FURTHER CONTAIN A STATEMENT TO THE  EFFECT  THAT
    8  COMPLAINTS   REGARDING  THE  FUNCTIONAL  ADEQUACY  OF  THE  REPAIR  WORK
    9  PERFORMED MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT IN NO EVENT LATER  THAN
   10  NINETY  DAYS  OR  THREE  THOUSAND  MILES  OF THE REPAIR, WHICHEVER COMES
   11  FIRST.
   12    (C) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT
   13  OR ABRIDGE ANY STATUTORY OR OTHER RIGHT OR REMEDY OF A CONSUMER  AT  LAW
   14  OR IN EQUITY.
   15    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04937-01-1