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Assembly Bill A998A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes motor vehicles with purposefully obstructed license plates to be impounded at the discretion of law enforcement

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Bill Amendments

2015-A998 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8660
2013-2014: A242
2017-2018: A411
2019-2020: A790
2021-2022: A6014

2015-A998 - Summary

Authorizes motor vehicles with purposefully obstructed license plates to be impounded at the discretion of law enforcement.

2015-A998 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   998

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
  impoundment of vehicles with purposefully obstructed license plates

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  8  of section 402 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 1989 and as  renumbered  by
chapter 648 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  8.  The violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than twenty-five nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars;  PROVIDED,
HOWEVER,  THAT  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  WITH  PURPOSEFULLY OBSTRUCTED LICENSE
PLATES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO IMPOUNDMENT AND  ANY  PEACE  OFFICER,  ACTING
PURSUANT  TO HIS SPECIAL DUTIES, OR ANY POLICE OFFICER IS AUTHORIZED, AT
SUCH OFFICER'S DISCRETION, TO IMPOUND AND STORE SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02714-01-5

2015-A998A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8660
2013-2014: A242
2017-2018: A411
2019-2020: A790
2021-2022: A6014

2015-A998A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes motor vehicles with purposefully obstructed license plates to be impounded at the discretion of law enforcement.

2015-A998A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 998--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to penalties
  for purposefully obstructed license plates

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 8 of section
402  of  the  vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as
amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2005, and subdivision 8 as amended
by chapter 61 of the laws of 1989 and as renumbered by  chapter  648  of
the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows:
  (b)  (I) Number plates shall be kept clean and in a condition so as to
be easily readable and shall not be covered  by  glass  or  any  plastic
material[, and].
  (II)  NUMBER  PLATES shall not be knowingly covered or coated with any
artificial or synthetic material or substance that conceals or  obscures
such  number plates or that distorts a recorded or photographic image of
such number plates[, and the].
  (III) THE view of such number plates shall not be  obstructed  by  any
part of the vehicle or by anything carried thereon, except for a receiv-
er-transmitter issued by a publicly owned tolling facility in connection
with  electronic  toll  collection  when  such  receiver-transmitter  is
affixed to the  exterior  of  a  vehicle  in  accordance  with  mounting
instructions provided by the tolling facility.
  8.  [The] A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of
not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars, EXCEPT THAT
A VIOLATION OF SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02714-02-6

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