Bill Text: NY S01623 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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, 2020 shall be offered for sale with a spare tire and jack.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - PRINT NUMBER 1623A [S01623 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01623-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    January 10, 2017
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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 -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer  Protection  in
          accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, McDONOUGH -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recom-
          mitted  to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accord-
          ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        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 shall be offered
     6  for sale with a spare tire and jack. For purposes of this section:
     7    (1) "passenger-type motor vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle with a
     8  seating capacity of not more than eight adults;
     9    (2) "spare tire" shall mean a tire mounted on a  wheel  and  inflated,
    10  which  is  either attached to the outside of the motor vehicle or stowed
    11  in a compartment within such motor vehicle. A spare tire may be a  full-
    12  size tire or a temporary tire, commonly referred to as a "donut"; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (3)  "jack"  shall mean a device capable of raising or lifting a motor
     2  vehicle for the purpose of changing any tire on such motor vehicle.
     3    (b) Any violation of the provisions of this section by any manufactur-
     4  er of motor vehicles shall constitute an offense and shall be punishable
     5  by  a  civil  fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each
     6  offense.
     7    (c) Any buyer of a motor vehicle that is subject to the provisions  of
     8  this  section  may waive the requirement set forth in subdivision (a) of
     9  this section, provided that the waiver is made in writing and a copy  of
    10  such waiver containing the buyer's signature is provided to such buyer.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.