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Assembly Bill A517

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties may not be used for various purposes without the registrant's consent

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2009-A517 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง202, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A172
2013-2014: A1145
2015-2016: A2509
2017-2018: A111
2019-2020: A11
2021-2022: A1205

2009-A517 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties by the department of motor vehicles may not be used for purposes other than (i) issuance of manufacturer's warranty, safety recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical compilations without the registrant's express consent.

2009-A517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   517

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CAHILL, PHEFFER, GANTT, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.   CLARK, MARKEY, McENENY  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to consent for
  the use of registration lists and title information

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 202 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of  1989,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  The  commissioner  shall  notify each vehicle registrant that the
registration information specified in paragraph (a) of this  subdivision
has been or will be furnished to the contracting party.  The commission-
er shall inform each vehicle registrant when such registrant first makes
application  for  a vehicle registration or when such registrant applies
to renew an existing vehicle registration how to [achieve  the  deletion
of] PROVIDE EXPRESS CONSENT FOR such information [from] IN the contract-
ing  party's  file  TO  BE  USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED IN
SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.  The contract between  the
commissioner  and  the  contracting  party shall provide that, [upon the
request of the registrant] UNLESS THE VEHICLE  REGISTRANT  HAS  PROVIDED
EXPRESS  CONSENT  AS INDICATED IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION, made
in such manner and in such form as shall be prescribed  by  the  commis-
sioner,   such  registration  information  shall  be  deleted  from  the
contracting party's file for all purposes,  except:    (i)  issuance  of
manufacturer's  warranty,  safety  recall  or  similar  notices, or (ii)
statistical [complications] COMPILATIONS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided  that  the  commissioner  of  motor
vehicles  is  authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations

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

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