STATE OF NEW YORK
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7333
IN SENATE
January 17, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- 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 registration
information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 202 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1989, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (b) [The commissioner shall notify each vehicle registrant that the
5 registration information specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision
6 has been or will be furnished to the contracting party. The commissioner
7 shall inform each vehicle registrant when such registrant first makes
8 application for a vehicle registration or when such registrant applies
9 to renew an existing vehicle registration how to achieve the deletion of
10 such information from the contracting party's file.] The contract
11 between the commissioner and the contracting party shall provide that,
12 [upon the request of the registrant made in such manner and in such form
13 as shall be prescribed by the commissioner,] such registration informa-
14 tion shall be deleted from the contracting party's file for all
15 purposes, except: [(i) issuance of manufacturer's warranty, safety
16 recall or similar notices, or (ii) statistical complications.]
17 (i) issuance of manufacturer's warranty, safety recall or similar
18 notices; or
19 (ii) for use in producing statistical reports and research activities,
20 so long as the contracting party does not publish, redisclose, or use
21 the personal information to contact individuals; or
22 (iii) to remove non-owner records from the original records of motor
23 vehicle manufacturers; or
24 (iv) for use by any government agency, including any court or law
25 enforcement agency or entity acting on behalf of a government agency in
26 carrying out its functions; or
27 (v) for use in the normal course of business by a legitimate business
28 or its agents or contractors, but only to verify the accuracy of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 personal information submitted by the individual for the purposes of
2 preventing fraud; or
3 (vi) for use by any insurer or by a self-insured entity, or its
4 agents, employees, or contractors, in connection with motor vehicle
5 claims investigation activities, antifraud activities, rating or under-
6 writing.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall only apply to
8 contracts executed on or after such effective date.
