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Assembly Bill A9521A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to abandoned vehicles

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2023-A9521 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8726
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1224, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A3861, S1023

2023-A9521 - Summary

Increases the dollar value of abandoned vehicles which may be seized by a local authority.

2023-A9521 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9521
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to abandoned
   vehicles
 
   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 1224 of the vehi-
 cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 795 of the laws of 1974, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) with no number plates affixed thereto, for more than  [six]  THREE
 hours on any highway or other public place;
   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 1224 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 540 of the laws  of  2002,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  If an abandoned vehicle, at the time of abandonment, has no number
 plates affixed and is of a wholesale value,  taking  into  consideration
 the condition of the vehicle, of [one] FIVE thousand [two hundred fifty]
 dollars or less, ownership shall immediately vest in the local authority
 having  jurisdiction  thereof  and  title  to  the vehicle shall vest in
 accordance with applicable law  and  regulations  of  the  commissioner,
 provided  however that a local authority shall not be required to obtain
 title to an abandoned vehicle that is subject to the provisions of  this
 subdivision if the vehicle will be sold or otherwise disposed of as junk
 or  salvage, dismantled for use other than as a motor vehicle, or other-
 wise destroyed.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14319-03-4

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2023-A9521A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8726
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1224, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A3861, S1023

2023-A9521A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the dollar value of abandoned vehicles which may be seized by a local authority.

2023-A9521A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9521--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WILLIAMS, BURGOS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, DAVILA,
   REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  abandoned
   vehicles

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1224 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 540 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read
 as follows:
   2. If an abandoned vehicle, at the time of abandonment, has no  number
 plates  affixed  and  is of a wholesale value, taking into consideration
 the condition of the vehicle,  of  [one]  THREE  thousand  [two  hundred
 fifty]  dollars  or  less, ownership shall immediately vest in the local
 authority having jurisdiction thereof and title  to  the  vehicle  shall
 vest  in  accordance  with applicable law and regulations of the commis-
 sioner, provided however that a local authority shall not be required to
 obtain title to an abandoned vehicle that is subject to  the  provisions
 of this subdivision if the vehicle will be sold or otherwise disposed of
 as junk or salvage, dismantled for use other than as a motor vehicle, or
 otherwise destroyed.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14319-04-4

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