Relates to the purchase, sale, or installation of salvaged high-intensity discharge headlamps; requires records to be kept regarding used HID lights including what vehicle they are taken from and the identification of the owner of such vehicle; and provides for penalties.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1532
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the purchase,
sale, or installation of salvaged high-intensity discharge headlamps
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 398-e to read as follows:
3 § 398-e. Purchase, sale, or installation of salvaged high-intensity
4 discharge headlamps. 1. For the purposes of this section, a "high-inten-
5 sity discharge/HID headlamp" means a headlamp which emits twice the
6 light of a conventional halogen headlamp and produces a blue-white
7 light.
8 2. Any person engaged in the business of purchasing, selling, or
9 installing salvaged high-intensity discharge headlamps shall maintain a
10 manual or electronic record of the purchase, sale, or installation,
11 which must include the identification number of the salvaged HID head-
12 lamp; the vehicle identification number of the vehicle from which the
13 salvaged HID headlamp was removed; the name, address, and driver's
14 license number or other means of identification of the person from whom
15 the salvaged HID headlamp was purchased; and, in the event that the
16 salvaged HID headlamp is installed, the vehicle identification number of
17 the vehicle into which the HID headlamp is installed. Such record must
18 be maintained for thirty-six months following the transaction and may be
19 inspected during normal business hours by any law enforcement officer of
20 this state. Any person who sells a salvaged HID headlamp or who installs
21 a salvaged HID headlamp must disclose to the purchaser or consumer that
22 the HID headlamp is salvaged.
23 3. Any person who knowingly possesses, sells, or installs a stolen
24 uninstalled high-intensity discharge headlamp shall be guilty of a class
25 E felony. The owner or proprietor of any business that fails to maintain
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 complete and accurate records as required by subdivision two of this
2 section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for such failure.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
