| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to transportation |
| Jan 24, 2019 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S2399
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
2019-S2399 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S2399 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2399
SPONSOR: COMRIE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to the intentional
removal of identification markers from commercial motor vehicles in the
city of New York
PURPOSE:
This bill provides a penalty for commercial vehicles that may inten-
tionally remove identification makers, such as registration stickers,
license plates, and VIN numbers in order to attempt to evade ticketing
for underlying offenses, such as illegal parking.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation-which applies only to commercial vehicles in New York
City-amends the Transportation Law to prohibit the removal of identifi-
cation makers, such as registration stickers, license plates, and VIN
2019-S2399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2399
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 24, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to the intentional
removal of identification markers from commercial motor vehicles in
the city of New York
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 140 of the trans-
portation law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (viii) to read as
follows:
(VIII)(A) IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, NO
PERSON, CORPORATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR BUSINESS ENTITY, JOINT
STOCK ASSOCIATION, PARTNERSHIP, OR ANY OFFICER OR AGENT THEREOF, SHALL
KNOWINGLY REMOVE OR ALLOW, PERMIT OR AUTHORIZE THE REMOVAL OF IDENTIFI-
CATION FROM COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT TRANSPORT PROPERTY IN INTRA-
STATE, INTERSTATE OR INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVADING
A TRAFFIC INFRACTION. SUCH IDENTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO, VEHICLE REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF
THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, NUMBER PLATES PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
(B) A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF
NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08696-01-9
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