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- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–3
- Ordered to third reading cal.1316
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S2416
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increased penalties for having illegally tinted windows; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to a police officer training and equipment fund
Purpose
The purpose of this legislation is to incorporate a verification of tint percentage as part of the annual NYS vehicle inspection with a mandatory violation surcharge if not corrected. The surcharge to be collected jointly by the state comptroller and commissioner of finance and deposited into a fund used for Police officer training and equipment.
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Summary of provisions
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Police Officer Timoshenko's Law" §2 The side wings or side windows of any portion of the vehicle are composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy percent; a label attesting to the conformity shall be affixed to the window (s) tested. §3 Subdivision (c) of section 301 of the vehicle traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows: (4) Such inspection shall also include testing the light transmittance of every window on the vehicle to ensure that such windows comply with the provisions of subdivision twelve-a of section three hundred seventy-five of this title. §4 (a) of section 304 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 608 of the Laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: (a) No certificate or certificates of inspection shall be issued by an official inspection station until the mechanisms and other equipment, as specified in subdivision (c) of section three hundred one (c) of this chapter article, of the motor vehicle conform with subdivision (d) of section three hundred one of this article and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto at the time the certificate is issued. §5 The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 1809-e. Mandatory surcharge for violation of window tinting. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever proceedings in a court of this state result in a conviction pursuant to subdivision twelve-a of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter, there shall be levied, in addition to any fine, sentence or other surcharge required or permitted by law, an additional surcharge of two hundred fifty dollars. 2. The additional surcharge provided for in subdivision one of this section shall be paid to the clerk of the court that rendered the conviction. within the first ten days of the month following collection of the surcharge the collecting authority shall determine the amount of surcharge collected and it shall pay such money to the state comptroller, who shall deposit such money in the state treasury pursuant to section one hundred twenty-one of the state finance law to the credit of the police officer training and equipment fund established pursuant to section ninety-two-h of the state finance law.
Existing law
04/08/08 Referred to Transportation 2010: S.2651 Held in Transportation
Justification
Officers and pedestrians alike face unseen dangers on a daily basis without the added intimidation of approaching a vehicle where you cannot see if there is a potential threat. The implementation of tinting regulations can assist in lessening the chance of the criminal act by being able to view inside before you come into dangerous contact. Also the monies collected by violators of this regulation will be used to buy needed equipment and provide necessary training/education to officers who deal with these situations on a daily basis.
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately after it has become law.
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