Assembly Bill A6961

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires police departments to electronically transmit to parking violations bureaus a copy of each stolen vehicle report prepared; use of electronic reports in defense

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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-A6961 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §239, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3713
2011-2012: A438
2013-2014: A3092
2015-2016: A2964
2017-2018: A3536
2021-2022: A2438
2023-2024: A235

2019-A6961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires police departments to electronically transmit to parking violations bureaus a copy of each stolen vehicle report prepared (within 5 days of the completion thereof); provides that for the purposes of an owner asserting a defense to a charge of parking violation (that the motor vehicle had been reported stolen and had not been recovered by such time), it shall be a sufficient defense that a copy of the electronically transmitted police report is on file with the parking violations bureau.

2019-A6961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6961
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   police departments to electronically transmit  to  parking  violations
   bureaus a copy of each report of stolen vehicle prepared

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 239 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Stolen vehicles. If any owner of a motor vehicle receives a  notice
 of  violation for a period during which the illegally parked vehicle was
 reported to any police department as having been stolen, it shall  be  a
 valid  defense to any charge of a parking violation that the motor vehi-
 cle had been reported to the police as stolen  prior  to  the  time  the
 violation  occurred and had not been recovered by such time.  THE POLICE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL  ELECTRONICALLY  TRANSMIT  TO  THE  PARKING  VIOLATIONS
 BUREAU,  WHO  SHALL  RECEIVE  AND KEEP ON FILE, A COPY OF EACH REPORT OF
 STOLEN VEHICLE WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF  THE  REPORT'S  COMPLETION.  For  the
 purposes of asserting the defense provided by this subdivision, it shall
 be A sufficient DEFENSE that [a]:
   A.  A  COPY  OF  THE  ELECTRONICALLY  TRANSMITTED POLICE REPORT OF THE
 STOLEN VEHICLE IS ON FILE WITH THE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU, OR
   B. A certified copy of the police report of the  stolen  vehicle  [be]
 HAS BEEN mailed to the PARKING VIOLATIONS bureau.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10344-01-9

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