STATE OF NEW YORK
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6670
IN SENATE
February 3, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 registration
information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 202 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1989, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (b) The commissioner shall notify each vehicle registrant that the
5 personal information contained within registration information specified
6 in paragraph (a) of this subdivision has been or will be furnished to
7 the contracting party. The commissioner shall inform each vehicle regis-
8 trant when such registrant first makes application for a vehicle regis-
9 tration or when such registrant applies to renew an existing vehicle
10 registration how to achieve the deletion of such information from the
11 contracting party's file. The contract between the commissioner and the
12 contracting party shall provide that, upon the request of the registrant
13 made in such manner and in such form as shall be prescribed by the
14 commissioner, such personal information contained within registration
15 information shall be deleted from the contracting party's file for all
16 purposes, except: [(i) issuance of manufacturer's warranty, safety
17 recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical complications.]
18 (i) for use by any government agency, including any court or law
19 enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any private person
20 or entity acting on behalf of a federal, state, or local agency in
21 carrying out its functions;
22 (ii) for use in connection with matters of motor vehicle or driver
23 safety and theft; motor vehicle emissions; motor vehicle product alter-
24 ations, recalls, or advisors; performance monitoring of motor vehicles,
25 motor vehicle parts and dealers; motor vehicle market research activ-
26 ities, including survey research; and removal of non-owner records from
27 the original records of motor vehicle manufacturers;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13933-01-6