S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3092
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 23, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
police departments to electronically transmit to parking violations
bureaus a copy of each report of stolen vehicle prepared
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 239 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Stolen vehicles. If any owner of a motor vehicle receives a notice
of violation for a period during which the illegally parked vehicle was
reported to any police department as having been stolen, it shall be a
valid defense to any charge of a parking violation that the motor vehi-
cle had been reported to the police as stolen prior to the time the
violation occurred and had not been recovered by such time. THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SHALL ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT TO THE PARKING VIOLATIONS
BUREAU, WHO SHALL RECEIVE AND KEEP ON FILE, A COPY OF EACH REPORT OF
STOLEN VEHICLE WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE REPORT'S COMPLETION. For the
purposes of asserting the defense provided by this subdivision, it shall
be A sufficient DEFENSE that [a]:
A. A COPY OF THE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED POLICE REPORT OF THE
STOLEN VEHICLE IS ON FILE WITH THE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, OR
B. A certified copy of the police report of the stolen vehicle [be]
HAS BEEN mailed to the PARKING VIOLATIONS bureau.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04090-01-3