Bill Text: NY A04952 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that new passenger-type motor vehicles manufactured for sale in New York state on or after January 1, 2021 shall be offered for sale with a spare tire and jack.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A04952 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04952-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 3432                                                  A. 4952
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2019
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        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Consumer
          Protection
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, McDONOUGH, ENGLEBRIGHT  --
          read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on Consumer Affairs and
          Protection
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to providing  that
          new  passenger-type  motor  vehicles  shall be offered for sale with a
          spare tire and jack
          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  198-d to read as follows:
     3    §  198-d.  Spare  tire and jack required. (a) Every new passenger-type
     4  motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, manufactured for sale  in  New  York
     5  state  on  or  after  January  first,  two  thousand twenty-one shall be
     6  offered for sale with a spare  tire  and  jack.  For  purposes  of  this
     7  section:
     8    (1) "passenger-type motor vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle with a
     9  seating capacity of not more than eight adults;
    10    (2)  "spare  tire"  shall mean a tire mounted on a wheel and inflated,
    11  which is either attached to the outside of the motor vehicle  or  stowed
    12  in  a compartment within such motor vehicle. A spare tire may be a full-
    13  size tire or a temporary tire, commonly referred to as a "donut"; and
    14    (3) "jack" shall mean a device capable of raising or lifting  a  motor
    15  vehicle for the purpose of changing any tire on such motor vehicle.
    16    (b) Any violation of the provisions of this section by any manufactur-
    17  er of motor vehicles shall constitute an offense and shall be punishable
    18  by  a  civil  fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each
    19  offense.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03166-01-9
        S. 3432                             2                            A. 4952
     1    (c) Any buyer of a motor vehicle that is subject to the provisions  of
     2  this  section  may waive the requirement set forth in subdivision (a) of
     3  this section, provided that the waiver is made in writing and a copy  of
     4  such waiver containing the buyer's signature is provided to such buyer.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.