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Senate Bill S6677

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to required accident damage reporting

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2023-S6677 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §604, add §607, V & T L; add §399-vv, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S2381

2023-S6677 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the cost or estimated cost of repairs for any motor vehicle damaged in such accident, or if a motor vehicle involved in such accident incurred no damage then a notation of such fact to be included in accident reports and for such information to be disclosed in reports made by motor vehicle condition reporting agencies.

2023-S6677 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6677 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6677
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- 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  and  the  general  business
   law, in relation to required accident damage reporting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 604 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   § 604. Reports;  contents; preparation; distribution; filing.  Reports
 of accidents required under the preceding section, or  under  the  rules
 and regulations of the commissioner, shall be upon forms prepared by him
 and  contain  such information as he shall prescribe; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 SUCH INFORMATION SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE THE COST OR  ESTIMATED  COST
 OF REPAIRS FOR ANY MOTOR VEHICLE DAMAGED IN SUCH ACCIDENT, OR IF A MOTOR
 VEHICLE  INVOLVED IN SUCH ACCIDENT INCURRED NO DAMAGE THEN A NOTATION OF
 SUCH FACT.  Blank forms for such reports shall be printed by the commis-
 sioner and a supply sent to all city, town and village clerks and to the
 chief officer of every city police department for  general  distribution
 and  use  as  herein  provided. Reports of accidents, required under the
 preceding section, shall be sent to and filed with the  commissioner  at
 the  main  office of the bureau of motor vehicles in the city of Albany,
 except as otherwise provided by the rules and regulations of the commis-
 sioner.
   § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 607 to read as follows:
   §  607.  DISCLOSURE  TO MOTOR VEHICLE CONDITION REPORTING AGENCIES. 1.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE ANY INFORMATION  REGARDING  DAMAGE  AND  THE
 COST  OR  ESTIMATED  COST  OF  REPAIRS  OF SUCH DAMAGE OR LACK OF DAMAGE
 INCURRED BY MOTOR VEHICLES REPORTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE AVAILABLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE CONDITION REPORTING AGENCIES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11140-01-3
 S. 6677                             2

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