STATE OF NEW YORK
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8519
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
certain devices which enhance a vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke
or other particulate emissions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law
2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
3 (f) No person shall retrofit any diesel-powered vehicle with any
4 device, smoke stack, or other equipment which enhances the vehicle's
5 capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate emissions, or shall
6 purposely release significant quantities of soot, smoke, or other parti-
7 culate emissions into the air and onto roadways and other vehicles while
8 operating the vehicle. Any such violation shall be punishable as a
9 misdemeanor.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03246-01-9
