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Assembly Bill A4094

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires any passenger-type motor vehicles to be equipped with an outside passenger mirror

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2013-A4094 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง375, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3410
2011-2012: A3197
2015-2016: A5044
2017-2018: A2926
2019-2020: A1862
2021-2022: A1474

2013-A4094 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any passenger-type motor vehicle, other than motorcycles, manufactured for sale, on or after January first in the year next succeeding the effective date of this new provision, to be equipped with an outside unit magnification mirror or a convex mirror on the passenger's side; sets forth definitions.

2013-A4094 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4094

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PERRY  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.
  BROOK-KRASNY, GALEF, V. LOPEZ, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to  the
  Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mirrors on
  passenger and certain other vehicles

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

  Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 10 of section 375 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by section 12 of part C of chapter 62 of the
laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  d.  (I)  Every  new passenger-type motor vehicle, except a motorcycle,
manufactured for sale in New York state on or after  January  first,  in
the  year  next succeeding the effective date of this paragraph shall be
manufactured with an interior rear-view mirror of the selective position
prismatic type with a reflectance value in the night driving position of
at least four percent; or its functional equivalent.
  (II) EVERY NEW PASSENGER CAR MANUFACTURED FOR SALE IN NEW  YORK  STATE
ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  WHOSE  INSIDE  REARVIEW MIRROR DOES NOT MEET THE
FIELD OF VIEW REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN FMVSS NUMBER 111 SHALL BE  MANU-
FACTURED  WITH  AN  OUTSIDE UNIT MAGNIFICATION MIRROR OR A CONVEX MIRROR
INSTALLED ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IN CONFORMANCE WITH FMVSS NUMBER  111,
AS  SET  FORTH  IN  TITLE  49, PART 571.111 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGU-
LATIONS, AS SUCH PART IS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF
THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH,  THE  TERM  "FMVSS" SHALL MEAN FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE
SAFETY STANDARD, THE  TERMS  "CONVEX  MIRROR"  AND  "UNIT  MAGNIFICATION
MIRROR"  SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN TITLE
49, PART 571.111 OF  THE  CODE  OF  FEDERAL  REGULATIONS  AND  THE  TERM
"PASSENGER  CAR"  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
TITLE 49, PART 571.3 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AS  SUCH  PARTS
ARE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00111-01-3

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