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                                   7392
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- 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, in relation to the sale  of
   salvaged  airbags; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relat-
   ing thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 6 of section 398-d of the
 vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 415-c of the vehicle and traffic law is  REPEALED  and  a
 new section 415-c is added to read as follows:
   §  415-C. SALE OF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAGS. 1.
 ANY RECYCLED AIRBAG OFFERED FOR  SALE  SHALL  BE  NON-DEPLOYED  ORIGINAL
 EQUIPMENT  REMOVED  FROM  A  SALVAGED  VEHICLE, AND INSTALLED IN ANOTHER
 VEHICLE FOR WHICH IT IS A CORRECT REPLACEMENT PART.  THIS SECTION  SHALL
 NOT  APPLY  TO  THE  SALE  OF  REBUILT, RE-MANUFACTURED, OR NON-ORIGINAL
 EQUIPMENT AIRBAGS OR AIRBAG SYSTEM  COMPONENTS,  OR  TO  ANY  AIRBAG  OR
 AIRBAG  SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN DISASSEMBLED, ALTERED, REPAIRED, OR HAS HAD
 ANY PARTS REMOVED OR REPLACED.
   2. A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG THAT IS UNDER AN ACTIVE MANUFACTURER
 RECALL, COMES FROM A FLOOD VEHICLE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR
 THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN IDENTIFIABLE SERIAL NUMBER, SHALL NOT  BE  OFFERED
 FOR SALE.
   3.  PRIOR  TO  SALE, A PROVIDER OF NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAGS SHALL
 CONDUCT AN INSPECTION OF SUCH AIRBAGS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDING OF THE VEHICLE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL,
 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND AIRBAG TRIM COLOR OF THE VEHICLE THAT
 THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG WAS REMOVED FROM; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B)  A  VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRBAG, THE AIRBAG SYSTEM, THE AIRBAG
 MODULE COVER, AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS, INCLUDING REVIEW FOR ANY  SIGNS
 OF DAMAGE OR CONTAMINATION.
   4.    UPON  THE  SALE  OF A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG, THE PROVIDER
 SHALL PROVIDE THE BUYER WITH A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION  OF  THE  FOLLOWING
 INFORMATION:
   (A)  THE  IDENTITY  OF  THE  PERSON OR ENTITY SELLING THE NON-DEPLOYED
 RECYCLED AIRBAG;
   (B) THE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER  OF  THE
 VEHICLE RECEIVING THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG;
   (C)  THE  IDENTIFICATION OF THE VEHICLE THAT THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED
 AIRBAG WAS REMOVED FROM, INCLUDING THE YEAR, MAKE,  MODEL,  AND  VEHICLE
 IDENTIFICATION NUMBER;
   (D) THE SUPPLIER'S INTERNAL STOCK NUMBER FOR THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED
 AIRBAG;
   (E)  THAT  THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG IS AN APPROPRIATE PART FOR
 THE VEHICLE RECEIVING THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG; AND
   (F) THAT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INSPECTION  AS  PRESCRIBED  IN
 SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN MET.
   5.  A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG SHALL ONLY BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY A
 VEHICLE DISMANTLER THAT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 FIFTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.