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Assembly Bill A9307A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires that all motor vehicles sold at motor vehicle dealerships contain a spare tire

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2025-A9307 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-pp, Gen Bus L

2025-A9307 - Summary

Requires that all new motor vehicles sold at motor vehicle dealerships contain a space saver tire unless certain exceptions apply.

2025-A9307 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9307
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring that
   all motor vehicles sold at motor vehicle dealerships contain  a  spare
   tire
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-pp to read as follows:
   § 396-PP. SPARE TIRE REQUIREMENT. 1. ALL NEW AND USED  MOTOR  VEHICLES
 SOLD  AT MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERSHIPS SHALL INCLUDE A SPARE TIRE COMPATIBLE
 WITH THE MOTOR VEHICLE SOLD WHICH IS AT LEAST A DONUT TIRE.  SUCH  SPARE
 TIRE  SHALL  BE  PROPERLY  SECURED TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE IN A MANNER THAT
 PREVENTS ANY DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "DONUT  TIRE"  IS  A  TEMPORARY
 SMALLER  SIZED SPARE TIRE THAT SHOULD ONLY BE USED TEMPORARILY, ALLOWING
 THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO BE  DRIVEN  AT  REDUCED  SPEEDS  FOR  LIMITED
 DISTANCES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14053-01-5

2025-A9307A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §396-pp, Gen Bus L

2025-A9307A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all new motor vehicles sold at motor vehicle dealerships contain a space saver tire unless certain exceptions apply.

2025-A9307A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9307--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Consumer Affairs and Protection in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,
   sec.  2  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring  that
   all  new  motor  vehicles  sold at motor vehicle dealerships contain a
   space saver tire
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 396-pp to read as follows:
   § 396-PP. SPACE SAVER TIRE REQUIREMENT. 1. ALL NEW MOTOR VEHICLES SOLD
 AT MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERSHIPS SHALL INCLUDE A SPACE SAVER TIRE COMPATIBLE
 WITH  THE MOTOR VEHICLE SOLD. SUCH TIRE SHALL BE PROPERLY SECURED TO THE
 MOTOR VEHICLE IN A MANNER THAT PREVENTS ANY DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE.
   2. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO:
   (A) NEW MOTOR VEHICLES SOLD WITH A RUN-FLAT TIRE.
   (B) MOTOR VEHICLES THAT DO NOT HAVE A SPACE TO SECURE  A  SPACE  SAVER
 TIRE.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "SPACE  SAVER  TIRE" IS A TEMPORARY SMALLER SIZED SPARE TIRE THAT
 SHOULD ONLY BE USED TEMPORARILY, ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO  BE
 DRIVEN AT REDUCED SPEEDS FOR LIMITED DISTANCES.
   (B) "RUN-FLAT TIRE" IS A PNEUMATIC VEHICLE TIRE DESIGNED TO RESIST THE
 EFFECTS OF DEFLATION WHEN PUNCTURED, ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO
 BE  DRIVEN AT REDUCED SPEEDS FOR LIMITED DISTANCES, BUT CANNOT REPLACE A
 SPARE TIRE FOR SAFETY AND A LONGER THAN EXPECTED  JOURNEY  TO  A  REPAIR
 SHOP.
   (C)  "MOTOR  VEHICLE"  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS
 DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14053-02-6

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