| Date of Action |
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 |
Senate Bill S5823A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2015-S5823 - Details
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
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
2015-S5823A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5823A
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
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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