Provides that new passenger-type motor vehicles manufactured for sale in New York state on or after January 1, 2020 shall be offered for sale with a spare tire and jack.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 1623--A A. 962--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2017
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer
Protection -- recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, McDONOUGH -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection in accord-
ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to providing that
new passenger-type motor vehicles shall be offered for sale with a
spare tire and jack
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
2 198-d to read as follows:
3 § 198-d. Spare tire and jack required. (a) Every new passenger-type
4 motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, manufactured for sale in New York
5 state on or after January first, two thousand twenty shall be offered
6 for sale with a spare tire and jack. For purposes of this section:
7 (1) "passenger-type motor vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle with a
8 seating capacity of not more than eight adults;
9 (2) "spare tire" shall mean a tire mounted on a wheel and inflated,
10 which is either attached to the outside of the motor vehicle or stowed
11 in a compartment within such motor vehicle. A spare tire may be a full-
12 size tire or a temporary tire, commonly referred to as a "donut"; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (3) "jack" shall mean a device capable of raising or lifting a motor
2 vehicle for the purpose of changing any tire on such motor vehicle.
3 (b) Any violation of the provisions of this section by any manufactur-
4 er of motor vehicles shall constitute an offense and shall be punishable
5 by a civil fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each
6 offense.
7 (c) Any buyer of a motor vehicle that is subject to the provisions of
8 this section may waive the requirement set forth in subdivision (a) of
9 this section, provided that the waiver is made in writing and a copy of
10 such waiver containing the buyer's signature is provided to such buyer.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
