Assembly Bill A10650

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to bystander reporting of stolen, false or fraudulent license plates

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9496
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§392-a & 402, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1174, S4494

2021-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs municipalities to create a program for bystander reporting of stolen, false or fraudulent license plates.

2021-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10650
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Epstein) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  bystander
   reporting of stolen, false or fraudulent license plates
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 392-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter 307 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 392-a. Sale or purchase of  stolen,  false  or  fraudulent  license,
 identification  card, certificate of registration, or number plate. 1. A
 person who knowingly sells or offers to sell or buys or offers to buy  a
 false, fraudulent or stolen license, identification card, certificate of
 registration  or  number  plate,  shall  be guilty of a misdemeanor as a
 first offense and a class E felony as a  second  or  subsequent  offense
 committed within ten years of the prior offense.
   2. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS
 SHALL APPLY:
   (I)  "BYSTANDER"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY NATURAL PERSON, OTHER THAN A POLICE
 OFFICER OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEE AUTHORIZED TO SERVE SUMMONS FOR A
 VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, WHO OBSERVES A NUMBER PLATE ON A MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLE  THAT  HE OR SHE BELIEVES TO BE STOLEN, FALSE, AND/OR FRAUDULENT AND
 REPORTS SUCH BELIEVED  VIOLATION  TO  THE  LOCAL  ENFORCEMENT  AUTHORITY
 PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   (II) "LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR
 OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL  ENTITY  DESIGNATED BY A MUNICIPALITY TO ENFORCE THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (III) "MUNICIPALITY" SHALL MEAN A COUNTY OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
 OR A CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE.
   (B) EACH MUNICIPALITY IN THIS STATE SHALL CREATE A PROGRAM IN WHICH  A
 BYSTANDER  MAY  REPORT TO THE LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY A NUMBER PLATE
 THAT HE OR SHE BELIEVES TO BE STOLEN, FALSE, AND/OR FRAUDULENT ON A FORM
 PRESCRIBED BY SUCH MUNICIPALITY. THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL  MAKE  AVAILABLE
 AND POST ONLINE INFORMATION DESCRIBING SUCH PROGRAM AND ALL DETAILS THAT
 THE  LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY DEEMS NECESSARY AND RELEVANT TO INCLUDE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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