STATE OF NEW YORK
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7878
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 28, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, DenDEKKER -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the
inspection of anti-lock brake system warning lights; tinted, shaded or
obscured license plate covers; and supplemental restraint system air
bags during the required periodic inspection of motor vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c)
2 of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic law, subparagraph (a) as
3 amended by chapter 444 of the laws of 2016 and subparagraph (b) as added
4 by chapter 161 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
5 [(a)] A safety inspection shall be made with respect to the brakes;
6 anti-lock brake system warning lights; steering mechanism; tinted, shad-
7 ed or obscured license plate covers; supplemental restraint system
8 airbags; wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited to the
9 lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose of
10 illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure; seat
11 safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; any window which is
12 composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light
13 transmittance of less than seventy percent pursuant to section three
14 hundred seventy-five of this title and such other mechanisms and equip-
15 ment as shall be determined by the commissioner to be necessary for
16 proper and safe operations. Such inspection shall also be made with
17 respect to vehicle identification number. Upon inspection, the mileage
18 appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon the inspection sticker.
19 If a vehicle's anti-lock brake system warning light is on, it shall be
20 considered grounds for the vehicle to fail the safety inspection
21 provided in this paragraph. If a vehicle's license plate is illegible
22 because of tinting, shading or defect it shall be considered grounds for
23 the vehicle to fail the safety inspection provided in this paragraph. If
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 a vehicle's supplemental restraint system airbag warning light is on, it
2 shall be considered grounds for the vehicle to fail the safety
3 inspection provided in this paragraph.
4 [(b) In the case of any passenger car manufactured on or after Septem-
5 ber first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, during the course of the vehi-
6 cle safety inspection, the readiness of the inflatable restraint system,
7 by means of the readiness indicator, shall be noted on the invoice
8 supplied to the consumer. The system's lack of readiness shall not be
9 considered grounds for the vehicle to fail the safety inspection
10 provided for in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.]
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
14 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
15 completed on or before such effective date.