Bill Text: NY S06670 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the furnishing of registration information by the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06670 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06670-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6670
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 3, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 registration
          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  personal information contained within registration information specified
     6  in paragraph (a) of this subdivision has been or will  be  furnished  to
     7  the contracting party. The commissioner shall inform each vehicle regis-
     8  trant  when such registrant first makes application for a vehicle regis-
     9  tration or when such registrant applies to  renew  an  existing  vehicle
    10  registration  how  to  achieve the deletion of such information from the
    11  contracting party's file. The contract between the commissioner and  the
    12  contracting party shall provide that, upon the request of the registrant
    13  made  in  such  manner  and  in  such form as shall be prescribed by the
    14  commissioner, such personal information  contained  within  registration
    15  information  shall  be deleted from the contracting party's file for all
    16  purposes, except:   [(i) issuance  of  manufacturer's  warranty,  safety
    17  recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical complications.]
    18    (i)  for  use  by  any  government  agency, including any court or law
    19  enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any private person
    20  or entity acting on behalf of a  federal,  state,  or  local  agency  in
    21  carrying out its functions;
    22    (ii)  for  use  in  connection with matters of motor vehicle or driver
    23  safety and theft; motor vehicle emissions; motor vehicle product  alter-
    24  ations,  recalls, or advisors; performance monitoring of motor vehicles,
    25  motor vehicle parts and dealers; motor vehicle  market  research  activ-
    26  ities,  including survey research; and removal of non-owner records from
    27  the original records of motor vehicle manufacturers;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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