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Senate Bill S2393

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting dangerous wheels

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2015-S2393 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง375, V & T L

2015-S2393 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits dangerous wheels; defines dangerous wheels as any wheel, wheel cover, hubcap, lug nut or lug cap, lug nut covers, wheel stud covers, etc. that is modified from original manufacturer's standard part or aftermarket part and extends two inches or more beyond the surface of the wheel rim; imposes fines for violation.

2015-S2393 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2393 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2393

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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  prohibiting
  dangerous wheels

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

  Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 35-b to read as follows:
  35-B.  USE  OF  DANGEROUS WHEELS PROHIBITED. (A) NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE
UPON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY A MOTOR VEHICLE, TRAILER, OR SEMI-TRAILER THAT  IS
EQUIPPED WITH DANGEROUS WHEELS.
  (B)  ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL FOR
A FIRST CONVICTION THEREOF BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF UP  TO  TWO  HUNDRED
FIFTY  DOLLARS;  FOR  A  CONVICTION OF A SECOND VIOLATION, BOTH OF WHICH
WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS, SUCH PERSON SHALL  BE
GUILTY  OF  A  TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT
LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND  NOT  MORE  THAN  THREE  HUNDRED
FIFTY  DOLLARS;  UPON CONVICTION OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, ALL
OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS, SUCH  PERSON
SHALL  BE GUILTY OF A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE
OF NOT LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND  NOT  MORE  THAN  SEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
  (C)  AS  USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "DANGEROUS WHEELS" MEANS ANY WHEEL,
WHEEL COVER, HUBCAP, LUG NUT OR LUG CAP,  LUG  NUT  COVERS,  WHEEL  STUD
COVERS,  PRONGS,  BLADES,  SPIKES,  OR  ANY OTHER PROJECTION OR ANY PART
AFFIXED TO ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ITEMS THAT:
  (I) IS MODIFIED FROM THE ORIGINAL VEHICLE MANUFACTURER'S STANDARD PART
FOR THE VEHICLE ON WHICH IT IS INSTALLED, IS SUBSTITUTED WITH A NON-ORI-
GINAL AFTERMARKET PART, OR TO WHICH AFTERMARKET PARTS ARE ADDED  TO  THE
MANUFACTURER'S OTHERWISE STANDARD WHEELS OR COVERS; AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07979-01-5

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