Establishes a statewide multi-agency integrated data system for certain violations relating to motor vehicle registration and use which may be accessed by local law enforcement agencies for the issuance of fines, tickets, or notices of liability related to traffic offenses.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6157
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 5, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 establishing
a statewide multi-agency integrated data system for certain violations
relating to motor vehicle registration and use
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 402 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by section 3 of subpart A of part WW of
3 chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) A violation of subparagraph (ii), subparagraph (ii-a) or subpara-
5 graph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section shall be
6 punishable by a [fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five
7 hundred dollars] schedule of fines as follows: (i) one hundred fifty
8 dollars for the first violation, (ii) three hundred dollars for a second
9 violation, (iii) five hundred dollars for a third violation, (iv) eight
10 hundred dollars for a fourth violation, and (v) one thousand dollars for
11 a fifth and any subsequent violations committed within a period of eigh-
12 teen months.
13 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
14 224-b to read as follows:
15 § 224-b. Statewide multi-agency integrated data system on number plate
16 violations, motor vehicle registration status, and traffic violations by
17 individuals.
18 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
19 the following meanings:
20 (a) "Number plate violation" shall mean the obscuring, concealing, or
21 otherwise obstructing of a license plate as defined in section four
22 hundred two of this chapter.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) "Motor vehicle registration" shall mean the application for, issu-
2 ance of, and validity of a certificate of registration for motor vehicle
3 operation as set forth in section four hundred one of this chapter.
4 (c) "Traffic violation" shall mean any moving and non-moving traffic
5 offense prohibited in state law or local ordinance relating to the oper-
6 ation of a motor vehicle.
7 (d) "Local law enforcement authority" shall mean any county, city,
8 town, or village entity empowered to issue fines or tickets related to
9 moving and non-moving traffic offenses.
10 2. The commissioner shall establish and maintain a searchable database
11 containing information regarding the motor vehicle registration, prior
12 number plate violations, and prior traffic violations of persons operat-
13 ing motor vehicles throughout the state. This database shall be sourced
14 with data from the department, local law enforcement authorities, the
15 park, parkway and highway authorities as described in article two of the
16 public authorities law; the bridge and tunnel authorities as described
17 in article three of the public authorities law; the port authorities as
18 described in article six of the public authorities law; and the parking
19 authorities as described in article seven of the public authorities law.
20 Such searchable database shall include, though not be limited to, the
21 following data, features, and functionality to the extent practicable:
22 (a) violations of subdivision eight of section four hundred two of
23 this chapter;
24 (b) license suspensions related to violations of subdivision four-h of
25 section five hundred ten of this chapter;
26 (c) violations of section twelve hundred of this chapter;
27 (d) violations of toll collection regulations outlined in section
28 twenty-nine hundred eighty-five of the public authorities law;
29 (e) accessibility of the database by state and local entities defined
30 in this section, including their authorized officers and personnel;
31 (f) capability for immediate data retrieval in response to queries;
32 (g) a definition or description of terms for fields in the database;
33 (h) the ability to digitally select defined individual fields corre-
34 sponding to any of the reported information from qualified agencies or
35 local entities to create unique database views; and
36 (i) a guide outlining the features and functionality of the database
37 for users.
38 3. The database required by this section shall be utilized in the
39 issuance of fines, tickets, or notices of liability related to moving
40 and non-moving traffic offenses by the department, local law enforcement
41 authorities, the park, parkway and highway authorities as described in
42 article two of the public authorities law; the bridge and tunnel author-
43 ities as described in article three of the public authorities law; the
44 port authorities as described in article six of the public authorities
45 law; and the parking authorities as described in article seven of the
46 public authorities law.
47 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
48 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
49 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
50 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
51 completed on or before such effective date.
