Bill Text: NY S09273 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires serial numbers to be engraved or stamped on all catalytic converters sold in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-12 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S09273 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09273-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9273

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 12, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- 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 requiring seri-
          al numbers on all catalytic converters sold in New York state

          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  392-k to read as follows:
     3    §  392-k. Catalytic converters; serial numbers. No catalytic converter
     4  manufactured or assembled on or after January first, two thousand  twen-
     5  ty-three  shall  be sold or offered for sale as an individual part or as
     6  part of a motor vehicle in this state unless it has an identifying seri-
     7  al number that distinguishes that catalytic  converter  from  all  other
     8  catalytic converters of that same make and model permanently and visibly
     9  engraved  or  stamped in readily legible boldfaced figures at least one-
    10  eighth inches in height in such a manner that the serial  number  cannot
    11  be removed without being defaced or destroyed.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15046-01-2
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