Bill Text: NY S06513 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Prohibits retail dealers of second hand motor vehicles from selling a motor vehicle which is subject to federal motor vehicle safety standards for inflatable restraint systems unless such vehicle is equipped with an inflatable restraint system which conforms to the federal motor vehicle safety standard applicable to that vehicle and a readiness indicator light indicating a functioning inflatable restraint system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-02 - PRINT NUMBER 6513B [S06513 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06513-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Prohibits retail dealers of second hand motor vehicles from selling a motor vehicle which is subject to federal motor vehicle safety standards for inflatable restraint systems unless such vehicle is equipped with an inflatable restraint system which conforms to the federal motor vehicle safety standard applicable to that vehicle and a readiness indicator light indicating a functioning inflatable restraint system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-02 - PRINT NUMBER 6513B [S06513 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06513-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6513 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting retail dealers of second hand motor vehicles from selling motor vehi- cles manufactured on or after September first, nineteen hundred nine- ty-seven unless such vehicle is equipped with a functioning inflatable restraint system which conforms to the federal motor vehicle safety standard applicable to that vehicle The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 417 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by 2 chapter 206 of the laws of 1979, the closing paragraph as added by chap- 3 ter 469 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 417. Certificates by retail dealers on sales of second hand motor 5 vehicles. Upon the sale or transfer of title by a retail dealer of any 6 second hand motor vehicle, intended for use by the buyer, his agent or 7 representative upon the public highways, the vendor shall execute and 8 deliver to the vendee an instrument in writing, in a form prescribed by 9 the commissioner, in which shall be given the make, year of manufacture 10 and identification number of the said motor vehicle, the name and 11 address of the vendee, and the date of delivery to the vendee. Such 12 notice shall also contain a certification that said motor vehicle 13 complies with such requirements of this chapter as shall be specified by 14 the commissioner and that it is in condition and repair to render, under 15 normal use, satisfactory and adequate service upon the public highway at 16 the time of delivery. It shall also certify that such vehicle complies 17 with the equipment requirements in section four hundred nineteen-a of 18 this article. 19 The failure of the vendor to deliver to the vendee the certificate 20 required by this section or delivery of a false certificate knowing the 21 same to be false or misleading or without making an appropriate EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13173-02-9S. 6513 2 1 inspection to determine whether the contents of such certificate are 2 true shall constitute a violation of this section. The delivery of a 3 false certificate shall raise presumption that such certificate was 4 issued without an appropriate inspection. 5 This section shall not apply to a motor vehicle transferred to a 6 lessee, a family member of a lessee, or an employee of a lessee, who has 7 had possession of the vehicle for a period of one hundred twenty days or 8 more under a lease. 9 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 10 419-a to read as follows: 11 § 419-a. Inflatable restraint system, required equipment upon sale. No 12 retail dealer may sell a second hand motor vehicle manufactured on or 13 after September first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, unless such vehi- 14 cle is equipped with a functioning inflatable restraint system which 15 conforms to the federal motor vehicle safety standard applicable to that 16 vehicle. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 19 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 20 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 21 on or before such effective date.