Bill Text: NY A01376 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to vehicle inspection renewal notification; authorizes the commissioner to send via postal mail notification that vehicle inspection is subject to expiration, and the commissioner shall keep a record of such notification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A01376 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01376-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1376

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  COOK, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SEAWRIGHT,
          RIVERA, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Transpor-
          tation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to vehicle
          inspection renewal notification

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  304 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d) (1) The department of motor vehicles shall notify individuals  via
     4  postal  mail  that  their  vehicle  inspection  is subject to expiration
     5  before such expiration. Every owner of a motor vehicle  which  shall  be
     6  operated  or driven upon the public highways of this state shall, except
     7  as otherwise expressly provided, be contacted by mail or otherwise.
     8    (2) The renewal notification shall contain: (A) a brief description of
     9  the motor vehicle that has an  inspection  that  needs  to  be  renewed,
    10  including  the  name  and factory number of such vehicle, and such other
    11  facts as the commissioner shall require; (B)  the  name  and  residence,
    12  including  county of the owner of such motor vehicle, and (C) such addi-
    13  tional facts or evidence as the commissioner may require  in  connection
    14  with the letter of notification.
    15    (3)  The  commissioner  shall register the notification sent regarding
    16  such motor vehicle or trailer and maintain  a  record  of  such  renewal
    17  notifications and the addresses to which such notifications were sent.
    18    (4)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of every owner holding a certificate of
    19  registration to notify the commissioner in  writing  of  any  change  of
    20  residence  of  such person within ten days after such change occurs, and
    21  to inscribe on such certificate, in the place provided  by  the  commis-
    22  sioner, a record of such change of residence.
    23    (5)  Inspection  renewal  notifications  shall take effect on the date
    24  determined by the commissioner.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 1376                             2

     1    (6) The commissioner may promulgate such regulations as are  necessary
     2  to  effectuate  the provisions of this subdivision, including provisions
     3  for the recovery of the administrative costs of the program incurred for
     4  each municipality.
     5    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     6  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.