Mandates that purchasers of new vehicles complete a form authorizing or rejecting the placement of a tracking device in such vehicle, to be used by law enforcement if such vehicle is reported stolen; authorizes law enforcement to recover the stolen vehicle through electronic means, physical means, or any other method necessary to recover such vehicle as quickly as possible.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1076
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mandating
that purchasers of new vehicles complete a form authorizing or reject-
ing the placement of a tracking device in such vehicle, to be used by
law enforcement if such vehicle is reported stolen
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 397-d to read as follows:
3 § 397-d. Motor vehicle theft tracker. 1. The commissioner shall devel-
4 op an authorization form, to be provided to new motor vehicle purchasers
5 at the point of sale by the motor vehicle dealer, that authorizes a
6 tracking device approved by the state police to be placed in such new
7 motor vehicle and allows law enforcement to track such motor vehicle if
8 such motor vehicle is reported as stolen. Such form shall give new motor
9 vehicle purchasers the option to authorize or reject the placement of
10 such tracking device, and shall be completed before the sale of such new
11 motor vehicle is complete. Such form shall also include authorization
12 for law enforcement to recover the stolen vehicle through electronic
13 means, physical means, or any other method necessary to recover such
14 vehicle as quickly as possible.
15 2. If a purchaser authorizes the placement of a tracking device pursu-
16 ant to subdivision one of this section, the motor vehicle dealer shall
17 place such approved tracking device in the new motor vehicle. A law
18 enforcement agency or entity shall only access and utilize such device
19 if such motor vehicle is reported as stolen through an official police
20 report, to locate and recover such vehicle.
21 § 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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