STATE OF NEW YORK
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, GIANARIS, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, PERALTA,
PERKINS, SERRANO -- 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 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.
LBD05848-01-7
