Bill Text: NY S09492 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the electronic transmission of vehicle certificate of titles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S09492 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09492-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9492

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. COONEY, FERNANDEZ -- 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 providing
          for the electronic transmission of certain documents

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

     1    Section  1. Subdivision (f) of section 2101 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (f) To "mail" means to deposit in  the  United  States  mail  properly
     5  addressed and with postage prepaid, or electronically transmitted.
     6    §  2.  Subdivision (c) of section 2107 of the vehicle and traffic law,
     7  as added by chapter 521 of the laws of  1972,  is  amended  to  read  as
     8  follows:
     9    (c)  When the commissioner issues a certificate of title for a vehicle
    10  as a result of an original application for a title or as a result of the
    11  filing of a security interest, he shall also  issue  and  mail  or  have
    12  electronically transmitted to the lienholder or lienholders named in the
    13  original  application,  or  to  the  lienholder who filed the subsequent
    14  security interest a notice of recorded lien.
    15    § 3. Section 2109 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by  section
    16  1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
    17    § 2109. Delivery.  The  certificate  of title shall be mailed or elec-
    18  tronically transmitted to the owner.
    19    § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 2112 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
    20  as  amended  by  chapter  175 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as
    21  follows:
    22    (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or  destroyed
    23  or  becomes  illegible,  the  owner or legal representative of the owner
    24  named in the certificate, as shown by the records of  the  commissioner,
    25  shall  promptly  make  application  for  and may obtain a duplicate upon
    26  furnishing information satisfactory  to  the  commissioner.  Unless  the
    27  original  certificate  of  title is surrendered to the commissioner, the
    28  duplicate certificate of title shall  contain  the  legend  "This  is  a

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10414-01-3
        S. 9492                             2

     1  duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under
     2  the  original  certificate." It shall be mailed or electronically trans-
     3  mitted to the owner.
     4    § 5. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 2117 of the vehicle and traf-
     5  fic  law,  as  added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, are amended to
     6  read as follows:
     7    (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned  certificate
     8  of  title,  with  an  application  for  a  new certificate of title, the
     9  required fee and any other documents required by law,  shall  check  the
    10  identifying  number  of  the  vehicle against the appropriate records of
    11  vehicles required to be maintained, issue a new certificate of title  in
    12  the  name  of  the  transferee as owner and mail it or have it electron-
    13  ically transmitted to the owner.
    14    (b) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for a new certif-
    15  icate of title by a transferee other than by  voluntary  transfer,  with
    16  proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required
    17  by  law,  shall  check the identifying number of the vehicle against the
    18  appropriate records of vehicles required to be maintained, issue  a  new
    19  certificate  of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it
    20  or have it electronically transmitted to the owner. If  the  outstanding
    21  certificate  of  title  is  not  delivered to the commissioner, he shall
    22  demand it from the holder thereof.
    23    § 6. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 2119 of the vehicle and traf-
    24  fic law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971,  are  amended  to
    25  read as follows:
    26    (b)  The  lienholder  shall, immediately after the owner complies with
    27  subdivision (a), cause the certificate, application and the required fee
    28  to be mailed, electronically transmitted or delivered to the commission-
    29  er.
    30    (c) Upon receipt of the certificate  of  title,  application  and  the
    31  required  fee, the commissioner shall either endorse on the certificate,
    32  or issue a new certificate containing, the name and address of  the  new
    33  lienholder,  and  mail or electronically transmit the certificate to the
    34  owner.
    35    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.