NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5823A

Senate Bill S5823A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases, from 8,600 pounds to 10,000, the gross vehicle weight rating of vehicles engaged in commercial towing that must be registered as tow trucks

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- 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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 17, 2016	committed to rules
Mar 28, 2016	advanced to third reading
Mar 23, 2016	2nd report cal.
Mar 22, 2016	1st report cal.410
Jan 06, 2016	referred to transportation
Jun 08, 2015	print number 5823a
Jun 08, 2015	amend and recommit to transportation
Jun 05, 2015	referred to transportation

Votes

- Mar 22, 2016 - Transportation Committee Vote
  S5823A
  
  15
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  4
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Transportation Committee Vote: Mar 22, 2016
      
      aye (15)
      
      Avella
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Kennedy
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (4)
      
      Martins
      
      Panepinto
      
      Perkins
      
      Squadron

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2015-S5823 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7272
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §401-b, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5260, A3347
2019-2020: S460, A5287
2021-2022: S4297
2023-2024: S2823
2025-2026: S1599

2015-S5823 - Summary

Increases, from 8,600 pounds to 10,000 pounds, the gross vehicle weight rating of vehicles engaged in commercial towing that must be registered as tow trucks.

2015-S5823 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5823

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the
registered weight of tow trucks

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To increase the minimum weight of a tow truck from 8,600 pounds GVWR
(gross vehicle weight rating) to 10,000 pounds GVWR

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends section 401-b of the vehicle and traffic law to
increase the minimum GVWR of a tow truck from 8,000 pounds to 10,000
pounds.

Section 2. This act shall take effect 180 days after enactment.

JUSTIFICATION:

The gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of a vehicle is the
manufacturer's design capacity for the weight of a vehicle and its
heaviest load. It is unsafe to tow motor vehicles with a tow truck
that has a GVWR less than 10,000 pounds because the weight of most

towed vehicles will cause the front axle weight of the tow truck to be
reduced by more than fifty percent. Such a reduction in weight will
compromise the braking and steering capacity of the tow truck.

Although most light duty tow trucks have a GVWR of between 13,000 and
15,000 pounds, this bill recognizes that there are circumstances in
which a lighter tow truck may be utilized in a safe manner. The intent
of the bill is to outlaw a large number of so-called "chase trucks",
which are light duty pick-up trucks with hidden towing booms that race
to accident scenes. These trucks are built for speed- not safety. They
present serious hazards the motoring public and pedestrians,
particularly in many sections of New York City.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This bill is new legislation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect 180 days after enactment.

2015-S5823 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5823

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  regis-
  tered weight of tow trucks

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

  Section 1. Section 401-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 552 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  S 401-b. Registration of tow trucks. Every motor  vehicle  engaged  in
commercial  towing in this state shall be registered and identified as a
tow truck, as hereinafter provided. No motor vehicle shall be registered
as a tow truck unless it shall have a gross vehicle weight rating of  at
least  [eighty-six  hundred] TEN THOUSAND pounds and the application for
such registration is accompanied by proof of  financial  security  which
shall  meet  the  requirements  of  article  six of this chapter.   Upon
payment of the fees set forth in schedule  H  of  subdivision  seven  of
section  four hundred one of this article, such a motor vehicle shall be
issued a license plate identifying it as a "tow truck". It shall consti-
tute a class A misdemeanor to engage in commercial  towing  with  a  tow
truck that is not registered pursuant to this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09668-01-5

2015-S5823A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7272
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §401-b, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5260, A3347
2019-2020: S460, A5287
2021-2022: S4297
2023-2024: S2823
2025-2026: S1599

2015-S5823A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases, from 8,600 pounds to 10,000 pounds, the gross vehicle weight rating of vehicles engaged in commercial towing that must be registered as tow trucks.

2015-S5823A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5823A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5823--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
  tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
  mitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  regis-
  tered weight of tow trucks

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

  Section 1. Section 401-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as  added  by
chapter 552 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  S 401-b. Registration  of  tow  trucks. Every motor vehicle engaged in
commercial towing in this state shall be registered and identified as  a
tow truck, as hereinafter provided. No motor vehicle shall be registered
as  a tow truck unless it shall have a gross vehicle weight rating of at
least [eighty-six hundred] TEN THOUSAND pounds and the  application  for
such  registration  is  accompanied by proof of financial security which
shall meet the requirements of  article  six  of  this  chapter.    Upon
payment  of  the  fees  set  forth in schedule H of subdivision seven of
section four hundred one of this article, such a motor vehicle shall  be
issued a license plate identifying it as a "tow truck". It shall consti-
tute  a  class  A  misdemeanor to engage in commercial towing with a tow
truck that is not registered pursuant to this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09668-02-5

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