Senate Bill S4104

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the issuance of late fees prior to a finding of liability; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4104 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9591
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§235 & 238, rpld §235 sub 2 ¶¶b - b-2, add §238-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7405
2017-2018: S4700
2019-2020: S3047
2021-2022: S3239

2023-S4104 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the issuance of late fees prior to a finding of liability.

2023-S4104 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4104 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4104
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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  prohibiting
   the  issuance of late fees prior to a finding of liability for a park-
   ing violation; and repealing certain provisions of such  law  relating
   thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 235 of the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law, as separately amended by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of
 the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   a. Notice. (1) Whenever a city issues a  notice  of  violation  for  a
 parking violation, it shall be served in the manner prescribed by subdi-
 vision two of section two hundred thirty-eight of this article.
   (2)  Whenever  a  person  has  been issued a notice of violation for a
 parking violation and has not responded in the manner described  in  the
 notice,  a city shall give the owner a second notice of the violation by
 regular first class mail: (i) within forty days of issuance of the first
 notice of violation for a parking violation where the vehicle is a vehi-
 cle registered in this state; or (ii) within forty days of  the  receipt
 by  such  city of the name and address of the owner of the vehicle where
 the vehicle is a vehicle registered in  any  other  state.  Such  second
 notice shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
   (A)  that  the  owner has a period of twenty days from issuance of the
 second notice in which to respond to the notice of violation for a park-
 ing violation;
   (B) that failure to respond to the notice of violation for  a  parking
 violation  may  result  in the suspension and non-renewal of the owner's
 registration;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08594-01-3
 S. 4104                             2
 
              

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