STATE OF NEW YORK
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5621
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 20, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing for an
abandoned vehicle to be impounded without notice in a city having a
population of one million or more
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1224 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. In a city having a population of one million or more, if an aban-
4 doned vehicle, at the time of abandonment, has no number plates affixed,
5 the abandoned vehicle shall be immediately impounded. The agency or
6 agencies designated to enforce this subdivision and impound abandoned
7 vehicles by the mayor of such city shall not be required to give notice
8 of the violation prior to impounding an abandoned vehicle.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10012-01-7
