What's happening
This bill requires automobile auctioneers to disclose if a vehicle manufactured after September 1997 is missing or has a non-functioning airbag.
Why it matters
Increased consumer safety. By requiring disclosure of missing or non-functioning airbags (inflatable restraint systems), the bill helps buyers make informed decisions, potentially avoiding vehicles that lack key safety features.
Greater transparency in auto auctions. The bill mandates both written and visible (sign on windshield) disclosures, reducing the risk of accidental or intentional concealment of airbag issues by auctioneers.
Potential impact on resale values and liability. Vehicles with missing or defective airbags may sell for less, and auctioneers could be held accountable for nondisclosure, possibly leading to fewer unsafe vehicles entering the market.
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Disclose Airbag Defects Before Sale
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Print number 4731a
- Amend (t) and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Disclose Airbag Defects Before Sale
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Kenneth Zebrowski
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4731--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 24, 2017
Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to missing or non-functioning airbags in certain vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Anthony Amoros Law".
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 23 of the general business law is amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
f. No motor vehicle, which has been manufactured on or after September first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, shall be sold by an automobile auctioneer unless he or she has disclosed to the buyer whether the vehicle, to the best of the automobile auctioneer's knowledge, is missing an inflatable restraint system or contains a non-functioning inflatable restraint system. If the vehicle is missing an inflatable restraint system or contains a non-functioning inflatable restraint system the disclosure of the status of the vehicle's inflatable restraint system shall be made by the auctioneer (i) in a written disclosure made in not less that ten-point bold face type and appearing on the front of the sales contract, receipt, invoice, or other document used in connection with the sale of the vehicle that shall set forth whether the vehicle is missing an inflatable restraint system or contains a non-functioning inflatable restraint system; and (ii) if by affixing a conspicuous sign to the windshield of each vehicle offered for sale, sold or made available for inspection prior to auction that shall disclose that the vehicle either is missing an inflatable restraint system or contains a nonfunctioning inflatable restraint system.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02445-03-8
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to missing or non-functioning airbags in certain vehicles
Purpose of the bill
The bill will enact "The Anthony Amoros Law" which will require disclo- sure by the seller when a vehicle is either missing an airbag or contains a non-functioning airbag.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill states that the act shall be known as the "Anthony Amoros Law."
Section two of the bill amends section 23 of the general business law as it relates to requiring automobile auctioneers to disclose to buyers whether the vehicle is missing or has a non-functioning airbag. This requirement would only apply to vehicles manufactured after September 1, 1997.
Section three of the bill relates to the effective date.
Justification
This bill would increase transparency into the status of a vehicle's airbag at the point of sale. Buyers should know whether the vehicle they are purchasing is missing an airbag for both safety and financial reasons. Replacement airbags can cost thousands of dollars which would severely impact a motor vehicle's value at purchase.
In addition, if the buyer is unaware that their vehicle's airbag is missing or non-functioning then it places them at risk in the event of an accident. This bill is named after a constituent who tragically died in a single car accident where the vehicle's airbag did not deploy because it was removed prior to the purchase. This legislation would provide car buyers with critical and necessary information so that they can make informed purchases.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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