NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4146
SPONSOR: Gray TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
theft of an impounded vehicle
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To establish the crime of theft of an impounded vehicle
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Amends the penal law to include theft of an impounded vehicle
and includes the penalty
Section 2 sets forth the effective date which is immediately.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, there is no enforcement for theft of services for leaving
with an impounded vehicle without payment, and the tow truck company
does not have legal recourse for a vehicle removed off of their lot
without paying for the towing services. Therefore, the tow truck compa-
nies are losing out on income due to them for services rendered. Towing
services are often ordered by municipalities,law enforcement, or private
parties to tow a vehicle in violation of a law or parking restrictions
and the tow company performs the work with the understanding they
collect their fees from the vehicle owner when the vehicle is retrieved.
Owners have removed their vehicles utilizing an additional key and ulti-
mately leaving with a vehicle and not paying for the service performed.
This bill seeks to fix that issue.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023 - referred to codes
2024 - referred to codes
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4146
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GRAY, LEMONDES, BEEPHAN, PALMESANO -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
theft of an impounded vehicle
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 165.14 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 165.14 Theft of an impounded vehicle.
4 A person is guilty of theft of an impounded vehicle if such person
5 removes an impounded vehicle without paying any necessary fees prior to
6 such removal.
7 Theft of an impounded vehicle is a class A misdemeanor.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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