Bill Text: NY S09174 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that vehicle manufacturers and/or dealers terminate an individual's access to remote vehicle technology upon request by domestic violence victims who provide an order of protection and proof of ownership of a vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-02 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S09174 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09174-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9174

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 2, 2024
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to remote vehicle
          technology and domestic violence victims

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-ccccc to read as follows:
     3    §  399-ccccc. Remote vehicle technology; domestic violence victims. 1.
     4  For the purposes of this section, the term "remote  vehicle  technology"
     5  shall mean any technology that allows a person who is outside of a vehi-
     6  cle  to track the location of, or control any operation of, the vehicle,
     7  and includes, but is not limited to, a global positioning  system  (GPS)
     8  that  tracks the location of the vehicle or an app-based technology that
     9  controls any operation of the vehicle.
    10    2. A vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer located in this  state  shall,
    11  within two business days after receiving a request by a driver who meets
    12  the  requirements  of  subdivision  three  of this section, terminate an
    13  individual's access to remote vehicle technology.
    14    3. (a) A request by a driver that a vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer
    15  terminate an individual's access  to  remote  vehicle  technology  shall
    16  include the following information:
    17    (i)  proof of such driver's legal possession of a vehicle manufactured
    18  by such vehicle manufacturer or sold by such dealer. Such proof  may  be
    19  established  by  providing  a vehicle title, a court order awarding sole
    20  possession or ownership of a vehicle to such driver, or such other proof
    21  as determined by the commissioner; and
    22    (ii) a current order of protection establishing that such driver is  a
    23  victim  of  domestic  violence and naming the individual whose access is
    24  sought to be terminated.
    25    (b) A vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer shall not require a driver to
    26  provide any information other than what is required by paragraph (a)  of
    27  this subdivision.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14755-02-4
        S. 9174                             2

     1    4.  A vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer shall notify a driver seeking
     2  relief under subdivision two of this section, in  clear  and  accessible
     3  language,  that  such vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer may contact the
     4  driver, or the designated representative of the driver,  to  confirm  an
     5  individual's  access  to  the  remote vehicle technology has been termi-
     6  nated.
     7    5. A vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer shall provide  a  notification
     8  inside  of  a  vehicle  that is installed with remote vehicle technology
     9  that shows if the remote vehicle technology is being used.
    10    6. A vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer shall provide  information  on
    11  its  internet  website  and  vehicle internet applications, in clear and
    12  accessible language, on the process of terminating a person's access  to
    13  remote  vehicle  technology, including, but not limited to, the informa-
    14  tion required pursuant to paragraph (a) of  subdivision  three  of  this
    15  section.
    16    7.  A  vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer shall employ dedicated staff
    17  who are trauma-informed to receive and respond to requests made pursuant
    18  to this section.
    19    8. A vehicle manufacturer and/or dealer shall not charge  a  driver  a
    20  fee  for  completing  a  request  to terminate remote vehicle technology
    21  pursuant to this section.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.