Assembly Bill A9296

                             
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                                   9296
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   catalytic converters to be indelibly marked or engraved  with  vehicle
   identification  numbers;  and  to  amend  the general business law, in
   relation to requiring junk dealers to obtain certain  information  and
   documentation upon receipt of a catalytic converter
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 384 to read as follows:
   §  384.  CATALYTIC  CONVERTERS.  1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "CATALYTIC CONVERTER" MEANS AN EXHAUST  EMISSION  CONTROL  DEVICE  WHICH
 MODIFIES  EXHAUST GAS FROM AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE BY CATALYZING A
 REDOX REACTION.
   2. NO RETAIL DEALER SHALL SELL A NEW OR USED MOTOR VEHICLE OR PARTS OF
 VEHICLES FOR WHICH A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OR WHICH WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE SUCH A  CERTIFICATE  OF  TITLE
 ISSUED  UNLESS THE VEHICLE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS BEEN INDELIBLY MARKED
 OR ENGRAVED WITH THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE VEHICLE.
   3. A RETAIL DEALER FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED A PROVISION OF THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE  GUILTY  OF A VIOLATION AND LIABLE FOR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN
 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section  62-a
 to read as follows:
   §  62-A. RECEIPT OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. 1. NO JUNK DEALER, JUNK YARD
 OWNER OR OPERATOR, OR SCRAP METAL PROCESSOR OR  SCRAP  METAL  PROCESSING
 FACILITY  AS  DESCRIBED  IN  ARTICLE SIX-C OF THIS CHAPTER MAY RECEIVE A
 CATALYTIC CONVERTER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT  IS  NOT  ATTACHED  TO  SUCH
 MOTOR  VEHICLE  UNLESS SUCH PROCESSOR, DEALER, OWNER, OPERATOR PROCESSOR
 OR FACILITY, AT THE TIME OF RECEIPT:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14083-02-5
              

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   A. RECORDS THE PLACE AND DATE OF THE TRANSACTION, A DESCRIPTION OF THE
 CATALYTIC CONVERTER, INCLUDING ITEM TYPE AND IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER,  IF
 ANY, AND THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER;
   B.  RECORDS  A  DESCRIPTION OF THE SELLER AND THE SELLER'S NAME, RESI-
 DENCE ADDRESS AND MOTOR VEHICLE  OPERATOR'S  LICENSE  OR  IDENTITY  CARD
 NUMBER  OR, IF THE SELLER IS A BUSINESS, THE NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE
 NUMBER OF THE BUSINESS;
   C. RECORDS THE NUMBER PLATE OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE USED TO TRANSPORT THE
 CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO THE LICENSEE;
   D. OBTAINS FROM THE SELLER A STATEMENT: (I) THAT  THE  SELLER  IS  THE
 OWNER  OF  SUCH CATALYTIC CONVERTER; OR (II) IDENTIFYING THE NAME OF THE
 PERSON FROM WHOM THE SELLER OBTAINED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER,  AS  SHOWN
 ON A SIGNED TRANSFER DOCUMENT; AND
   E.  TAKES A CLEAR PHOTOGRAPH OR VIDEO OF THE SELLER, THE MOTOR VEHICLE
 OPERATOR'S LICENSE OR IDENTITY CARD OF  THE  SELLER  AND  THE  CATALYTIC
 CONVERTER.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS CONCERN-
 ING  THE  CREATION AND RETENTION OF DOCUMENTS AND OTHER RECORDS REQUIRED
 BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS SHALL  BE
 OPEN  FOR  INSPECTION  BY  LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS UPON REQUEST DURING
 NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
   3. A PERSON FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED A PROVISION OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 BE  GUILTY  OF  A  VIOLATION  AND LIABLE FOR A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027. Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.