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                                   4632
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   stretch limousines to be inspected once every six months for safety
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 1998, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a) The commissioner shall require that every motor vehicle registered
 in  this  state  be  inspected  once  each year, EXCEPT THAT ANY VEHICLE
 COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A "STRETCH LIMOUSINE" SHALL  BE  INSPECTED  ONCE
 EVERY  SIX  MONTHS, for safety, and at least biennially for emissions as
 provided for pursuant to  paragraph  two  of  subdivision  (d)  of  this
 section, and in accordance with the provisions of this article, and that
 every  motor  vehicle sold or transferred for use on the public highways
 of this state by a dealer registered under section four hundred  fifteen
 of  this chapter to any person other than another such registered dealer
 or transferred for no remuneration by such a registered  dealer  to  any
 person  other  than  to  a welfare to work program authorized by the New
 York state department of labor, a private industry council, a county  or
 a social services district for the sole use of public assistance recipi-
 ents or applicants participating in the welfare to work program to which
 such  vehicle  is transferred must be inspected and bear a valid certif-
 icate or certificates of inspection prior to delivery to  the  purchaser
 or transferee. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be
 deemed  to  exempt any motor vehicle so transferred to a welfare to work
 program pursuant to  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  from  being
 inspected  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of this section or from
 complying with all other applicable provisions of this chapter,  includ-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01274-01-1
              

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 ing  registration  and  financial  security,  prior  to operation on any
 public highway.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.