Bill Text: NY S08369 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8369 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires weather radios in all new motor vehicles sold within the state with a model year of 2021 or later.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08369 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08369-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8369
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 3, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 requiring
          weather radios in motor vehicles sold within the state  with  a  model
          year of 2021 or later
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 384 to read as follows:
     3    § 384. Weather radio. 1. Weather radio required. No new motor vehicle,
     4  except  a  vehicle  with a model year of two thousand twenty or earlier,
     5  shall be sold in this state unless  such  vehicle  is  equipped  with  a
     6  weather radio, installed as part of the vehicle's audio system, approved
     7  by and conforming to standards established by the commissioner.
     8    2.  Weather radio feature. A weather radio shall be capable of receiv-
     9  ing the national oceanic and atmospheric administration's daily  weather
    10  reports and emergency broadcasts.
    11    3.  Costs of weather radios. No car dealership shall increase the cost
    12  of a vehicle due to the vehicle's  audio  system  containing  a  weather
    13  radio.
    14    4.  Regulations. The commissioner shall establish by regulation stand-
    15  ards for weather radios, and the installation of weather radios in motor
    16  vehicles. The commissioner may prescribe the method of securing approval
    17  of weather radios.
    18    § 2. The commissioner of motor vehicles is authorized and directed  to
    19  promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of
    20  section one of this act on or before the one hundred twentieth day after
    21  the effective date of this section.
    22    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    23  section one of this act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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