Includes the examination of tinted or shaded windows in the periodic inspection of motor vehicles required by law; authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate any and all rules and regulations necessary.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2542
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 25, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- 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 including
the examination of tinted or shaded windows in the 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. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of
2 section 301 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 5 of
3 part V1 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 (a) A safety inspection shall be made with respect to the brakes;
6 steering mechanism; wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited
7 to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose
8 of illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure;
9 seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; any window which is
10 composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light
11 transmittance of less than seventy percent pursuant to section three
12 hundred seventy-five of this title and such other mechanisms and equip-
13 ment as shall be determined by the commissioner to be necessary for
14 proper and safe operations. Such inspection shall also be made with
15 respect to vehicle identification number. Upon inspection, the mileage
16 appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon the inspection sticker.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
18 ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided that the
19 commissioner of motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate any and all
20 rules and regulations necessary and take any other measures necessary to
21 implement this act on its effective date on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03762-01-1
