Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 28, 2020 |
committed to rules |
Feb 27, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 26, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 25, 2020 |
1st report cal.497 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 12, 2019 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1315 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 14, 2019 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S4522
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 26th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S4522 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3507
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §241-a, add §241-c, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A4211
2011-2012: A4388
2013-2014: A3307
2015-2016: A2794
2017-2018: A3631
2021-2022: A915
2023-2024: A714
2019-S4522 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides recourse for a person whose vehicle was wrongfully towed in a city with a population of one million or more against the parking violations bureau in such city or the responsible agent of such bureau by granting such person the right to appear before a panel of administrative law judges which shall be empowered to order the correction of records, the refund of any fee paid to release the wrongfully towed vehicle and the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses, including lost wages; defines the term "wrongful tow."
2019-S4522 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4522 SPONSOR: GOUNARDES TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to wrongful towing PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To provide an administrative remedy for persons whose vehicle is wrong- fully towed. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Under this bill, a person whose vehicle was wrongfully towed in New York City will have recourse against the Parking Violations Bureau or the responsible agent by having the right to appear before a panel of admin- istrative law judges, established under the 1987 Improper Dunning Stat- ute, which shall be empowered to order the correction of records, the refund of any fee paid to release the wrongfully towed vehicle and reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses the motorist incurred in fight- ing the wrongful tow.
2019-S4522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4522 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 wrongful towing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 241-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 338 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows: (a) Every city with a population of more than one million inhabitants that has established a parking violations bureau shall establish, within such bureau, a properly staffed complaint unit of public service repre- sentatives to respond to complaints from any person who, after having satisfied, by payment, adjudication, or administrative action, any fine or penalty for a parking violation or after having proven that a fine or penalty was wrongfully imposed on this person, receives a demand for payment of the fine or penalty previously satisfied or wrongfully imposed, [or] is denied any registration or renewal application by the department of motor vehicles upon a certification from such parking violations bureau based upon lack of payment of any fine or penalty previously satisfied or wrongfully imposed OR WHOSE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY TOWED AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY- ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE. The complaint unit established under this section shall accept complaints either in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested. Each written demand for payment, other than the first demand following issuance of the notice of violation, shall advise the addressee of the existence of the complaint unit and the procedure for submitting a complaint. Upon receipt of a complaint, if in person, or within ten work days after receipt of a complaint if by mail, the complaint unit shall acknowledge receipt in writing and notify the complainant of the procedure for further review. The complaint unit EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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