Assembly Bill A11

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties may not be used for various purposes without the registrant's consent

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • 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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2019-A11 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §202, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A517
2011-2012: A172
2013-2014: A1145
2015-2016: A2509
2017-2018: A111
2021-2022: A1205

2019-A11 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that registration lists and title information made available to contracting parties by the department of motor vehicles may not be used for purposes other than (i) issuance of manufacturer's warranty, safety recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical compilations without the registrant's express consent.

2019-A11 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    11
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CAHILL, GIGLIO, FITZPATRICK, BRABENEC, JOHNS,
   LAWRENCE, STECK, McDONOUGH,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  KOLB,  HAWLEY,  RAIA  --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GANTT, RA -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to consent for
   the use of registration lists and title information
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 202 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of  1989,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  The  commissioner  shall  notify each vehicle registrant that the
 registration information specified in paragraph (a) of this  subdivision
 [has  been  or] will be furnished to the contracting party.  The commis-
 sioner shall inform each vehicle registrant when such  registrant  first
 makes  application  for  a  vehicle registration or when such registrant
 applies to renew an existing vehicle registration how  to  [achieve  the
 deletion  of]  PROVIDE  EXPRESS AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT FOR such information
 [from the contracting party's file] TO BE SHARED  WITH  THE  CONTRACTING
 PARTY  WHEN SUCH INFORMATION IS TO BE USED FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE
 LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.    The  contract
 between  the  commissioner and the contracting party shall provide that,
 [upon the request of the registrant] UNLESS THE VEHICLE  REGISTRANT  HAS
 PROVIDED  EXPRESS AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT AS INDICATED IN A SEPARATE WRITTEN
 AUTHORIZATION, made in  such  manner  and  in  such  form  as  shall  be
 prescribed  by the commissioner, such registration information shall NOT
 BE SHARED WITH THE CONTRACTING  PARTY  OR  SHALL  be  deleted  from  the
 contracting  party's  file  for  all purposes, except:   (i) issuance of
 manufacturer's warranty, safety  recall  or  similar  notices,  or  (ii)
 statistical [complications] COMPILATIONS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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