| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 08, 2020 | referred to transportation |
| Jun 04, 2019 | amend by restoring to original print 2961 |
| May 09, 2019 | amend (t) and recommit to transportation |
| Jan 31, 2019 | referred to transportation |
| May 09, 2019 | print number 2961a |
senate Bill S2961
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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Co-Sponsors
James Sanders Jr.
(D) 10th Senate District
S2961 (ACTIVE) - Details
S2961 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2961 SPONSOR: KAPLAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to tire safety PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To improve public and highway safety SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The bill would prohibit motor vehicle repair shops from repairing any tire which would fail to meet Department of Motor Vehicle tire standards after the completion of the repair. JUSTIFICATION: This legislation would prohibit a tire repair from being made to a tire
S2961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2961
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 31, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to tire safety
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. NO MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP SHALL REPAIR A TIRE UNLESS SUCH TIRE,
UPON COMPLETION OF SUCH REPAIR, WOULD MEET THE STANDARDS FOR THE USE OF
TIRES ON VEHICLES OPERATED IN THIS STATE AS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FIVE OF SECTION
THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00691-01-9
S2961A - Details
S2961A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2961A SPONSOR: KAPLAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the repair of tires PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that motor vehicle repair shops shall not repair a tire under certain enumerated conditions. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new subdivision 8 of Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law to prohibit a vehicle repair shop to repair a tire if the tire has exposed ply or cord, a bulge, knot or separation in either sidewall or tread area. If tread wear indicators flush with the tread outer surface in any two or more adjacent tread grooves. Further, this section prevents liability for a repair shot that makes a reasonable and good faith determination that the tire upon repair would comply with this section.
S2961A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2961--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 31, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the repair
of tires
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. NO MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP SHALL REPAIR A TIRE IF SUCH TIRE HAS
EXPOSED PLY OR CORD; A BULGE, KNOT OR SEPARATION IN EITHER SIDEWALL OR
TREAD AREA; TREAD WEAR INDICATORS FLUSH WITH THE TREAD OUTER SURFACE IN
ANY TWO OR MORE ADJACENT TREAD GROOVES AT THREE LOCATIONS EQUALLY SPACED
AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE; OR OTHER MATERIAL DAMAGE OR WEAR
THAT RENDERS SUCH TIRE PATENTLY UNSAFE. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT IMPOSE
ANY LIABILITY ON A REPAIR SHOP THAT MAKES A REASONABLE AND GOOD FAITH
DETERMINATION THAT THE TIRE, UPON REPAIR, WOULD COMPLY WITH THIS
SECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00691-03-9
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