Assembly Bill A219

                             
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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to registration
   information
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 202 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of  1989,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  [The  commissioner  shall notify each vehicle registrant that the
 registration information specified in paragraph (a) of this  subdivision
 has been or will be furnished to the contracting party. The commissioner
 shall  inform  each  vehicle registrant when such registrant first makes
 application for a vehicle registration or when such  registrant  applies
 to renew an existing vehicle registration how to achieve the deletion of
 such  information  from  the  contracting  party's  file.]  The contract
 between the commissioner and the contracting party shall  provide  that,
 [upon the request of the registrant made in such manner and in such form
 as  shall be prescribed by the commissioner,] such registration informa-
 tion shall  be  deleted  from  the  contracting  party's  file  for  all
 purposes,  except:    [(i)  issuance  of manufacturer's warranty, safety
 recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical complications.]
   (I) ISSUANCE OF MANUFACTURER'S  WARRANTY,  SAFETY  RECALL  OR  SIMILAR
 NOTICES; OR
   (II) FOR USE IN PRODUCING STATISTICAL REPORTS AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES,
 SO  LONG  AS  THE CONTRACTING PARTY DOES NOT PUBLISH, REDISCLOSE, OR USE
 THE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO CONTACT INDIVIDUALS; OR
   (III) TO REMOVE NON-OWNER RECORDS FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS; OR

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (IV)  FOR  USE  BY  ANY  GOVERNMENT AGENCY, INCLUDING ANY COURT OR LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR ENTITY ACTING ON BEHALF OF A GOVERNMENT AGENCY  IN
 CARRYING OUT ITS FUNCTIONS; OR
   (V)  FOR USE IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS BY A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS
 OR ITS AGENTS OR  CONTRACTORS,  BUT  ONLY  TO  VERIFY  THE  ACCURACY  OF
 PERSONAL  INFORMATION  SUBMITTED  BY  THE INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 PREVENTING FRAUD; OR
   (VI) FOR USE BY ANY INSURER  OR  BY  A  SELF-INSURED  ENTITY,  OR  ITS
 AGENTS,  EMPLOYEES,  OR  CONTRACTORS,  IN  CONNECTION WITH MOTOR VEHICLE
 CLAIMS INVESTIGATION ACTIVITIES, ANTIFRAUD ACTIVITIES, RATING OR  UNDER-
 WRITING.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall only apply to
 contracts executed on or after such effective date.