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Senate Bill S6672

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to license plate inspection and reissuing

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2019-S6672 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§301 & 401, V & T L

2019-S6672 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires license plates be inspected during safety inspections and prevents license plates from being replaced under certain circumstances.

2019-S6672 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6672 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6672
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   license  plates  be inspected during safety inspections and preventing
   license plates from being replaced in certain circumstances

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (c) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
   (4) SUCH INSPECTION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE  A  VISUAL  INSPECTION  OF  THE
 LICENSE  PLATES.  WHENEVER A LICENSE  PLATE SHALL HAVE BECOME SO DELAMI-
 NATED, OR OTHERWISE  DAMAGED  OR  WORN  AS  TO  BECOME  ILLEGIBLE,  SUCH
 LICENSE  PLATE SHALL NOT MEET THE PROPER AND SAFE CONDITION REQUIREMENTS
 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION   THREE HUNDRED FOUR OF  THIS  ARTICLE.  A
 LICENSE  PLATE  WILL  BE DEEMED TO BE ILLEGIBLE WHEN AT LEAST ONE OF THE
 LICENSE PLATE'S NUMBERS OR LETTERS CANNOT BE READ BECAUSE (A) MORE  THAN
 ONE-THIRD OF A NUMBER OR LETTER LACKS COLOR DUE TO DELAMINATION OR OTHER
 DAMAGE,  INCLUDING  FADING,  OR  (B) THE LICENSE PLATE IS MISSING ONE OR
 MORE PIECES AND SUCH PIECE OR PIECES INCLUDE MORE THAN  ONE-THIRD  OF  A
 NUMBER OR LETTER.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE REPLACEMENT OF REFLECTORIZED
 NUMBER PLATES ISSUED FOR ANY VEHICLE WHERE:  (I) THE  PLATES  PREVIOUSLY
 ISSUED  FOR  SUCH  VEHICLE  MEET  THE REQUIREMENTS TO PASS AN INSPECTION
 UNDER PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER;  AND  (II) THE REPLACEMENT PLATES BEING ISSUED ARE TO THE
 SAME REGISTERED OWNER AND VEHICLE AS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED PLATES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13677-02-9

2019-S6672A - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§301 & 401, V & T L

2019-S6672A - Bill Text download pdf

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