Crouch, Glick, Lupinacci, McDonough, Schimel, Simon
Amd §301, V & T L
Enacts the "safe cars safe streets act"; requires the inspection of tinted or shaded windows, airbag systems, and antilock brake systems during the required periodic inspection of motor vehicles.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6135--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 16, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER, ORTIZ, MILLER, BENEDETTO, MOSLEY,
COOK, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY, STECK, ARROYO, RA, SIMOTAS, GALEF,
MURRAY, HOOPER, GRAF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, CROUCH,
GLICK, LUPINACCI, McDONOUGH, SCHIMEL, SIMON -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on
Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the
inspection of tinted or shaded windows, airbag systems, and antilock
brake systems during the required periodic inspection of motor vehi-
cles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "safe cars
2 safe streets act of 2016".
3 § 2. Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of
4 section 301 of the vehicle and traffic law, subparagraph (a) as amended
5 by section 5 of part V1 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003 and subpara-
6 graph (b) as added by chapter 161 of the laws of 1996, are amended and a
7 new subparagraph (c) is added to read as follows:
8 (a) A safety inspection shall be made with respect to the brakes;
9 steering mechanism; wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited
10 to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose
11 of illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure;
12 seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; any window which is
13 composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light
14 transmittance of less than seventy percent pursuant to section three
15 hundred seventy-five of this title; and such other mechanisms and equip-
16 ment as shall be determined by the commissioner to be necessary for
17 proper and safe operations. Such inspection shall also be made with
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 respect to vehicle identification number. Upon inspection, the mileage
2 appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon the inspection sticker.
3 (b) In the case of any passenger car manufactured on or after Septem-
4 ber first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, [during the course of the
5 vehicle safety inspection, the readiness of] a safety inspection shall
6 be made with respect to the inflatable restraint system, by means of the
7 readiness indicator, shall be noted on the invoice supplied to the
8 consumer. The system's lack of readiness shall [not] be considered
9 grounds for the vehicle to fail the safety inspection provided for in
10 subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.
11 (c) In the case of any passenger car manufactured on or after Septem-
12 ber first, two thousand eleven, a safety inspection shall be made with
13 respect to the antilock brake system (ABS). Any failure of the system
14 shall be considered grounds for the vehicle to fail the safety
15 inspection provided for in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
17 it shall have become a law; provided, however that effective immediate-
18 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
19 necessary for the implementation of the foregoing provisions of this act
20 on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and
21 completed on or before such effective date.
