NY State Senate Bill 2017-S6334

Senate Bill S6334

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to including defective air bags, anti-lock brakes, and license plates as grounds for failure of vehicle inspection

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation
May 11, 2017	referred to transportation

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2017-S6334 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7893
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §301, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A7878

2017-S6334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including defective air bags, anti-lock brakes, and license plates as grounds for failure of vehicle inspection.

2017-S6334 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6334

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to the inspection of anti-lock brake system warning lights;
tinted, shaded or obscured license plate covers; and supplemental
restraint system air bags during the required periodic inspection of
motor vehicles

 PURPOSE :

To encourage and facilitate safer vehicles on our roads by including
airbag and antilock brake systems, as well as license plate covers, in
the required periodic inspection of motor vehicles

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 adds anti-lock brake system (ABS) warnings lights, tinted or
shaded or obscured license plate covers, and supplemental restraint
systems to the list of things required to be part of vehicle
inspections. Section 2 describes the effective date

 JUSTIFICATION :

Air bags and ABS brakes have become standard and vital safety systems
for vehicles, and drivers rely on them every day to protect themselves
and their passengers. However, neither is subject to periodic motor

vehicle inspections. Including these important safeguards in routine
inspections would reduce the amount of faulty ABS brake and air bag
systems on the road, thereby increasing safety for everyone.

Tinted or obscured license plate covers are designed to defeat toll
cameras and license plate readers, allowing the user to evade police
and avoid paying tolls without being caught. Making these items
subject to inspection would serve as a deterrent to those who utilize
them, and increase accountability among drivers, as well as criminals
who use them to fly under the radar.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law; provided, however that effective immediately,
the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
necessary for the implementation of the foregoing provisions of this
act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.

2017-S6334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6334
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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
   inspection of anti-lock brake system warning lights; tinted, shaded or
   obscured  license  plate covers; and supplemental restraint system air
   bags during the required periodic inspection of motor vehicles
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c)
 of  section  301  of  the  vehicle  and traffic law, subparagraph (a) as
 amended by chapter 444 of the laws of 2016 and subparagraph (b) as added
 by chapter 161 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
   [(a)] A safety inspection shall be made with respect  to  the  brakes;
 ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS; steering mechanism; TINTED, SHAD-
 ED  OR  OBSCURED  LICENSE  PLATE  COVERS;  SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM
 AIRBAGS; wheel alignment; lights,  including  but  not  limited  to  the
 lights  which  are  designed  and placed on a vehicle for the purpose of
 illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure; seat
 safety belts;  shoulder  harness  safety  belts;  any  window  which  is
 composed  of,  covered by or treated with any material which has a light
 transmittance of less than seventy percent  pursuant  to  section  three
 hundred  seventy-five of this title and such other mechanisms and equip-
 ment as shall be determined by the  commissioner  to  be  necessary  for
 proper  and  safe  operations.  Such  inspection shall also be made with
 respect to vehicle identification number. Upon inspection,  the  mileage
 appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon the inspection sticker.
 IF  A  VEHICLE'S ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT IS ON, IT SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED GROUNDS  FOR  THE  VEHICLE  TO  FAIL  THE  SAFETY  INSPECTION
 PROVIDED  IN  THIS  PARAGRAPH. IF A VEHICLE'S LICENSE PLATE IS ILLEGIBLE
 BECAUSE OF TINTING, SHADING OR DEFECT IT SHALL BE CONSIDERED GROUNDS FOR
 THE VEHICLE TO FAIL THE SAFETY INSPECTION PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH. IF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11734-01-7

 S. 6334                             2
 
 A VEHICLE'S SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON, IT
 SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED  GROUNDS  FOR  THE  VEHICLE  TO  FAIL  THE  SAFETY
 INSPECTION PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
   [(b) In the case of any passenger car manufactured on or after Septem-
 ber first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, during the course of the vehi-
 cle safety inspection, the readiness of the inflatable restraint system,
 by  means  of  the  readiness  indicator,  shall be noted on the invoice
 supplied to the consumer. The system's lack of readiness  shall  not  be
 considered  grounds  for  the  vehicle  to  fail  the  safety inspection
 provided for in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
 authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
 effective date.

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Joseph A. Griffo