Assembly Bill A5118

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes peace officers and police officers to impound vehicle when the driver of such vehicle fails to produce an insurance identification card

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  • 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-A5118 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §319, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6788
2015-2016: A4503
2017-2018: A3457

2019-A5118 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes peace officers and police officers to impound vehicle when the driver of such vehicle fails to produce an insurance identification card.

2019-A5118 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5118
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RAIA,  FINCH, McDONOUGH, GARBARINO, LALOR --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   peace officers and police officers to impound a vehicle when the driv-
   er of such vehicle fails to produce an insurance identification card
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 319 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 843 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read
 as follows:
   3. Every person who operates a vehicle registered in this state, or  a
 vehicle required to be registered in this state, shall, when required by
 the commissioner's regulations, produce an insurance identification card
 when  requested  by  any  peace  officer, acting pursuant to his special
 duties, police officer or magistrate. The failure to so produce  such  a
 card  shall  be  presumptive evidence that such person was operating the
 vehicle without having in effect  financial  security  required  by  the
 provisions of this chapter AND SUCH VEHICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO IMPOUND-
 MENT BY ANY PEACE OFFICER, ACTING PURSUANT TO HIS SPECIAL DUTIES, OR ANY
 POLICE OFFICER AUTHORIZED TO IMPOUND AND STORE SUCH VEHICLE.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD07948-01-9

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