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Assembly Bill A9537

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that all new motor vehicles sold at new motor vehicle dealerships include a spare tire

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2023-A9537 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-pp, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4768

2023-A9537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all new motor vehicles sold at new motor vehicle dealerships include a spare tire, whether or not equipped with standard radial or run-flat tires.

2023-A9537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9537
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring that
   all new motor vehicles sold at new motor vehicle dealerships contain a
   spare tire
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-pp to read as follows:
   §  396-PP.  SPARE  TIRE REQUIREMENT. 1. ALL NEW MOTOR VEHICLES SOLD AT
 NEW MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERSHIPS SHALL INCLUDE A SPARE TIRE, WHETHER OR NOT
 EQUIPPED WITH STANDARD RADIAL OR RUN-FLAT TIRES.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A RUN-FLAT TIRE  IS  A  PNEUMATIC
 VEHICLE TIRE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE EFFECTS OF DEFLATION WHEN PUNCTURED,
 ALLOWING  THE  VEHICLE  TO  CONTINUE  TO BE DRIVEN AT REDUCED SPEEDS FOR
 LIMITED DISTANCES, BUT CANNOT REPLACE A SPARE  TIRE  FOR  SAFETY  AND  A
 LONGER THAN EXPECTED JOURNEY TO A REPAIR SHOP.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14767-02-4

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