Bill Text: NY S07351 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the removal of all police markings and affixed lights from a vehicle prior to decommissioning and auction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - SIGNED CHAP.486 [S07351 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07351-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7351--A IN SENATE January 9, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the removal of all distinctive markings and affixed lights from a police vehicle prior to decommissioning and sale The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 21-a of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 112 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 21-a. In any case where a New York state police or New York city, 5 Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse or Yonkers police department vehi- 6 cle is painted a distinctive color which would designate it in the 7 public's view as such a state or city police vehicle, the purchaser of 8 such vehicle shall cause the color of its paint to be altered [and any9designated markings to be removed] within fifteen days of registration. 10 § 2. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a 11 new subdivision 52 to read as follows: 12 52. No police vehicle owned by the state, a public authority, a coun- 13 ty, town, city or village shall be sold unless, prior to such sale, such 14 vehicle is decommissioned and any distinctive markings and affixed 15 lights which would designate it in the public's view as such a police 16 vehicle have been removed. The commissioner of the division of criminal 17 justice services, in consultation with the commissioner, shall promul- 18 gate rules and regulations determining the specifications for decommis- 19 sioning police vehicles and for the removal of such distinctive markings 20 and affixed lights prior to sale. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 22 it shall have become a law and shall apply to all police vehicles sold 23 on and after such date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 24 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 25 of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made 26 and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13654-05-8