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                                 8319--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 23, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on  Trans-
  portation  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  including
  the examination of tinted or shaded windows in the periodic inspection
  of motor vehicles

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraph (a) of  paragraph  1  of  subdivision  (c)  of
section  301  of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 5 of
part V1 of chapter 62 of the  laws  of  2003,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (a)  A  safety  inspection  shall  be made with respect to the brakes;
steering mechanism; wheel alignment; lights, including but  not  limited
to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose
of  illuminating  the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure;
seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; ANY  WINDOW  WHICH  IS
COMPOSED  OF,  COVERED BY OR TREATED WITH ANY MATERIAL WHICH HAS A LIGHT
TRANSMITTANCE OF LESS THAN SEVENTY PERCENT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE
HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE and such other mechanisms and equip-
ment as shall be determined by the  commissioner  to  be  necessary  for
proper and safe operations. IN ADDITION, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT A REVIEW
OF  THE  EXISTING  INSPECTION  FEE SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND
SIXTEEN  THAT  AMENDED  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  TO  DETERMINE  WHETHER A FEE
INCREASE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR SUCH INSPECTION. Such  inspection  shall
also  be  made  with  respect  to  vehicle  identification  number. Upon
inspection, the mileage appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon
the inspection sticker.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07989-06-6
              

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  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law; provided that the
commissioner of motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate any  and  all
rules and regulations necessary and take any other measures necessary to
implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.