Bill Text: NY S05730 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that Saturday and Sunday shall not be included in the grace period for repairs of defective motor vehicle equipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-31 - SIGNED CHAP.302 [S05730 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05730-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5730
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 10, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- 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  the  period
         for the repair of defective equipment
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 376-a of the vehicle  and  traffic
    2  law,  as  amended by chapter 856 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read
    3  as follows:
    4    4. Any complaint issued for any violation  of  section  three  hundred
    5  seventy-five,  three  hundred seventy-six or three hundred eighty-one of
    6  this  article  relative  to  required  equipment,  except  a   violation
    7  described in subdivision two of this section, subdivision forty-seven of
    8  section  three  hundred  seventy-five  of this article, and except for a
    9  violation relating to service brakes, shall be dismissed  by  the  court
   10  before  which the summons is returnable if the violation as set forth in
   11  the summons is corrected not later than one-half hour  after  sunset  on
   12  the  first full business day after the issuance of the summons and proof
   13  of such correction as set forth in subdivision five of this  section  is
   14  submitted  to the court. For the purposes of this subdivision, "business
   15  day" shall mean any calendar day except  SATURDAY  AND  Sunday,  or  the
   16  following  business  holidays:  New  Year's  Day, Washington's Birthday,
   17  Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans'  Day,
   18  Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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