Bill Text: NY S02249 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2249 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits any obstruction of the view of the distinctive number and other identifying marks on the number plate of a motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-09 - referred to transportation [S02249 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02249-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2249
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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  maintenance
          of motor vehicle number plates
          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 1 of section 402 of the  vehi-
     2  cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2005, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) Number plates shall be kept clean and in a condition so as  to  be
     5  easily readable and shall not be covered by glass or any plastic materi-
     6  al  that  distorts  or  obstructs  the view of the distinctive number or
     7  other identifying marks, and shall not be knowingly  covered  or  coated
     8  with  any artificial or synthetic material or substance that conceals or
     9  obscures such number plates or that distorts a recorded or  photographic
    10  image  of such number plates, and the view of the distinctive number and
    11  other identifying marks, as prescribed  by  the  commissioner,  on  such
    12  number  plates  shall not be obstructed by any part of the vehicle or by
    13  anything carried thereon, except for a receiver-transmitter issued by  a
    14  publicly  owned  tolling  facility  in  connection  with electronic toll
    15  collection when such receiver-transmitter is affixed to the exterior  of
    16  a vehicle in accordance with mounting instructions provided by the toll-
    17  ing facility.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it  shall  have  become a law; provided that, effective immediately, any
    20  rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this  act
    21  are  authorized and directed to be completed on or before such effective
    22  date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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