Bill Text: NY S05668 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties by the department of motor vehicles may not be used for purposes other than (i) issuance of manufacturer's warranty, safety recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical compilations without the registrant's express consent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05668 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05668-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5668--A
Cal. No. 1835
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 26, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, AMEDORE, FUNKE, HANNON, RITCHIE, ROBACH --
read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Transportation -- reported favorably from said
committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules --
ordered to a third reading, 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 consent for
the use of registration lists and title 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 registration information specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision
6 [has been or] will be furnished to the contracting party. The commis-
7 sioner shall inform each vehicle registrant when such registrant first
8 makes application for a vehicle registration or when such registrant
9 applies to renew an existing vehicle registration how to [achieve the
10 deletion of] PROVIDE EXPRESS AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT FOR such information
11 [from the contracting party's file] TO BE SHARED WITH THE CONTRACTING
12 PARTY WHEN SUCH INFORMATION IS TO BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE
13 LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH. The contract
14 between the commissioner and the contracting party shall provide that,
15 [upon the request of the registrant] UNLESS THE VEHICLE REGISTRANT HAS
16 PROVIDED EXPRESS AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT AS INDICATED IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN
17 AUTHORIZATION, made in such manner and in such form as shall be
18 prescribed by the commissioner, such registration information shall NOT
19 BE SHARED WITH THE CONTRACTING PARTY OR SHALL be deleted from the
20 contracting party's file for all purposes, except: (i) issuance of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 manufacturer's warranty, safety recall or similar notices, or (ii)
2 statistical [complications] COMPILATIONS.
3 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
4 it shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of motor
5 vehicles is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations
6 and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its
7 effective date on or before such date; and provided further that the
8 provisions of this act shall apply to contracts entered into, altered,
9 modified, extended, or renewed on or after such effective date.
