Assembly Bill A9122

                             
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                                   9122
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 26, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  certain
   motor  vehicle  documents and plates; and to repeal 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.  Section  392-a of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED
 and a new section 392-a is added to read as follows:
   § 392-A. FRAUDULENT MOTOR VEHICLE DOCUMENTS AND PLATES.   1. A  PERSON
 WHO  KNOWINGLY  SELLS,  OFFERS  TO SELL, BUYS, OR OFFERS TO BUY A FALSE,
 FRAUDULENT, OR  STOLEN  LICENSE,  IDENTIFICATION  CARD,  CERTIFICATE  OF
 REGISTRATION, OR NUMBER PLATE SHALL BE GUILTY OF:
   (A)  FIRST  OFFENSE: A CLASS E FELONY, PUNISHABLE BY UP TO ONE YEAR OF
 IMPRISONMENT AND A FINE OF NO LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS; AND
   (B) SECOND OFFENSE WITHIN TEN YEARS: A CLASS D FELONY,  PUNISHABLE  BY
 ONE  TO THREE YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT, A FINE OF NO LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS, AND A SUSPENSION OF THE OFFENDER'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR A PERI-
 OD OF NO LESS THAN ONE YEAR.
   2. ANY PERSON WHOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR REGISTRATION IS  SUSPENDED  OR
 REVOKED AND WHO KNOWINGLY USES, DISPLAYS, OR PERMITS THE USE OF A FALSE,
 FRAUDULENT,  OR STOLEN NUMBER PLATE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS D FELONY,
 PUNISHABLE BY:
   (A) ONE TO THREE YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT;
   (B) A FINE OF NO LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS; AND
   (C) AN AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF THE SUSPENSION PERIOD FOR AN  ADDITIONAL
 TWO TO FOUR YEARS.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1 of section 402 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) A SECOND CONVICTION FOR VIOLATING PARAGRAPH (II), (II-A), OR (III)
 OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, COMMITTED WITHIN TEN  YEARS  OF  A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13731-01-5
              

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 FIRST  CONVICTION,  SHALL  BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE
 HUNDRED DOLLARS AND BY THE SUSPENSION OF THE OFFENDER'S DRIVER'S LICENSE
 FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.