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History
- Signed chap.302
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.316
- Substituted for A5470A
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–1
- Ordered to third reading cal.1406
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
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Provides that Saturday and Sundays shall not be included in the grace period for repairs of defective motor vehicle equipment
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Helene Weinstein
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5730
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the period for the repair of defective equipment
Purpose
This bill extends the period to repair defective equipment on their motor vehicle to include Saturdays.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends Subdivision 4 of Section 376-a of the vehicle and traffic law to provide that a Saturday shall not be considered a "business day" for the purposes of the subdivision
Section 2 of the bill is the effective date.
Justification
The existing statutory provision creates an impossible situation for a religiously observant person who observes Sabbath and who is charged with a violation of defective equipment to comply with the law.
Under current law, a person charged with a violation of defective equipment is required to correct the violation no later than one-half hour after sunset on the first full business day after the issuance of the summons. The current definition of "business day" in subdivision 4 of section 376-a of the vehicle and traffic law excludes various Federal holidays and Sunday but does not exclude Saturday.
There are instances where an individual who receives a summons for a defective equipment is unable, because of the individual's religious observance of Sabbath, to correct the problem within the current permitted time of one-half hour after sunset on the first full "business day" after the issuance of the summons. For example, a person receiving a summons for defective equipment on late Friday afternoon may not be able to make repairs until Sunday because of the person's religious observance.
This measure would remedy this oversight.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:. None
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
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