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                                   4384
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in  relation  to  the
   provision  of  notice  to  owners  whose motor vehicles are subject to
   safety recalls
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 210-a to read as follows:
   § 210-A. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL INFORMATION.  1.  THE  DEPARTMENT
 SHALL   MAKE   AVAILABLE   ON   ITS   INTERNET   WEBSITE,   A   LINK  TO
 "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV" OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFE-
 TY ADMINISTRATION AND PROVIDING ALL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RECALLS,  BASED
 ON  MOTOR  VEHICLE  MAKE, MODEL, YEAR AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER,
 ISSUED BY SUCH ADMINISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  NATIONAL  TRAFFIC
 AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROMOTE  AND  PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE
 AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON MOTOR VEHICLE  SAFETY  RECALLS  FROM  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  AND  THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINIS-
 TRATION AT ITS WEBSITE:  "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV". SUCH  PROMOTION  AND
 NOTICE  SHALL  BE PROVIDED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE AND ON A
 SEPARATE INSERT PROVIDED TO MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS UPON  THE  ISSUANCE  OR
 RENEWAL OF A REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 304 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended  by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision (b-1) is added to read as follows:
   (a) No certificate or certificates of inspection shall be issued by an
 official inspection station until the mechanisms and other equipment, as
 specified in SUBDIVISION (C) OF section three hundred one [(c)] of  this
 [chapter] ARTICLE, of the motor vehicle inspected are in proper and safe
 condition  and comply with the rules and regulations of the commissioner
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 and with the laws of this state, and the emissions of such motor vehicle
 conform with subdivision (d) of section three hundred one of this  arti-
 cle and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto at the time the certif-
 icate is issued.
   (B-1)  AN  OFFICIAL  INSPECTION STATION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT
 THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF EACH VEHICLE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION.
 THE DEPARTMENT, AFTER REVIEW OF  THE  NATIONAL  HIGHWAY  TRAFFIC  SAFETY
 ADMINISTRATION'S  WEBSITE  "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV",  SHALL PRODUCE AND
 PROVIDE TO THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION A VEHICLE  INSPECTION  REPORT
 INCLUDING A STATEMENT OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RECALL OR RECALLS THAT
 THE  MOTOR VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO, THAT SUCH RECALLS MAY BE REPAIRED BY A
 MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER APPROVED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF  THE  VEHICLE,  AND
 THAT  FURTHER  INFORMATION  ON  THE  RECALLS  MAY  BE  OBTAINED FROM THE
 NATIONAL  HIGHWAY  TRAFFIC  SAFETY  ADMINISTRATION   ON   ITS   WEBSITE:
 "HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV". THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION SHALL DELIVER
 SUCH  PRINTED  VEHICLE  INSPECTION  REPORT TO THE OWNER OF THE INSPECTED
 MOTOR VEHICLE. IF THE OWNER IS A DEALER, THE DEALER SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH
 VEHICLE  INSPECTION REPORT TO THE NEXT RETAIL PURCHASER OR LESSEE OF THE
 MOTOR VEHICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.