Senate Bill S6502A

                             
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                                  6502--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  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 the sale of
   salvaged airbags; and to repeal certain provisions of such law  relat-
   ing thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 6  of  section  398-d  of  the
 vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
   §  2.  Section  415-c of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED and a
 new section 415-c is added to read as follows:
   § 415-C. SALE OF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAGS.  1.
 ANY  RECYCLED  AIRBAG  OFFERED  FOR  SALE SHALL BE NON-DEPLOYED ORIGINAL
 EQUIPMENT REMOVED FROM A SALVAGED  VEHICLE,  AND  INSTALLED  IN  ANOTHER
 VEHICLE  FOR WHICH IT IS A CORRECT REPLACEMENT PART.  THIS SECTION SHALL
 NOT APPLY TO THE  SALE  OF  REBUILT,  RE-MANUFACTURED,  OR  NON-ORIGINAL
 EQUIPMENT  AIRBAGS  OR  AIRBAG  SYSTEM  COMPONENTS,  OR TO ANY AIRBAG OR
 AIRBAG SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN DISASSEMBLED, ALTERED, REPAIRED, OR HAS  HAD
 ANY PARTS REMOVED OR REPLACED.
   2. A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG THAT IS UNDER AN ACTIVE MANUFACTURER
 RECALL, COMES FROM A FLOOD VEHICLE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR
 THAT  DOES  NOT HAVE AN IDENTIFIABLE SERIAL NUMBER, SHALL NOT BE OFFERED
 FOR SALE.
   3. PRIOR TO SALE, A PROVIDER OF NON-DEPLOYED  RECYCLED  AIRBAGS  SHALL
 CONDUCT  AN  INSPECTION OF SUCH AIRBAGS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (A) THE IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDING OF THE VEHICLE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL,
 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND AIRBAG TRIM COLOR OF THE VEHICLE THAT
 THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG WAS REMOVED FROM; AND
   (B)  A  VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRBAG, THE AIRBAG SYSTEM, THE AIRBAG
 MODULE COVER, AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS, INCLUDING REVIEW FOR ANY  SIGNS
 OF DAMAGE OR CONTAMINATION.
   4.    UPON  THE  SALE  OF A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG, THE PROVIDER
 SHALL PROVIDE THE BUYER WITH A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION  OF  THE  FOLLOWING
 INFORMATION:
   (A)  THE  IDENTITY  OF  THE  PERSON OR ENTITY SELLING THE NON-DEPLOYED
 RECYCLED AIRBAG;
   (B) THE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER  OF  THE
 VEHICLE RECEIVING THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG;
   (C)  THE  IDENTIFICATION OF THE VEHICLE THAT THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED
 AIRBAG WAS REMOVED FROM, INCLUDING THE YEAR, MAKE,  MODEL,  AND  VEHICLE
 IDENTIFICATION NUMBER;
   (D) THE SUPPLIER'S INTERNAL STOCK NUMBER FOR THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED
 AIRBAG;
   (E)  THAT  THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG IS AN APPROPRIATE PART FOR
 THE VEHICLE RECEIVING THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG; AND
   (F) THAT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INSPECTION  AS  PRESCRIBED  IN
 SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN MET.
   5.  A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG SHALL ONLY BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY A
 VEHICLE DISMANTLER THAT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 FIFTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.