Bill Text: NY S04296 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the department of motor vehicles to maintain an internet link of motor vehicle safety recalls; requires official inspection stations to make an inquiry of such link upon inspection of a vehicle, and if such a recall exists on the vehicle, to advise the owner thereof.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 0000-00-00 - referred to transportation [S04296 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04296-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4296--B
            Cal. No. 525
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 11, 2015
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        Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, CROCI, HANNON, SEWARD, VALESKY -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on  Transportation  -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
          to first and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and
          ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of third reading
          -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
          order of third reading
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in relation to the
          provision of notice to owners whose  motor  vehicles  are  subject  to
          safety recalls
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 210-a to read as follows:
     3    §  210-a.  Motor  vehicle safety recall information. 1. The department
     4  shall  make   available   on   its   internet   website,   a   link   to
     5  "http://www.safercar.gov" operated by the National Highway Traffic Safe-
     6  ty  Administration and providing all motor vehicle safety recalls, based
     7  on motor vehicle make, model, year and  vehicle  identification  number,
     8  issued  by  such  administration in accordance with the National Traffic
     9  and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
    10    2. The department shall promote  and  provide  public  notice  of  the
    11  availability  of  information  on  motor vehicle safety recalls from the
    12  department's website and the National Highway  Traffic  Safety  Adminis-
    13  tration  at  its website:  "http://www.safercar.gov". Such promotion and
    14  notice shall be provided on the department's internet website and  on  a
    15  separate  insert  provided  to motor vehicle owners upon the issuance or
    16  renewal of a registration pursuant to article fourteen of this chapter.
    17    § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 304 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    18  amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new  subdi-
    19  vision (b-1) is added to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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