What's happening
This bill requires New York to notify vehicle owners of safety recalls via website links, registration inserts, and inspection reports.
Why it matters
Increases Awareness of Safety Recalls. By requiring the DMV and inspection stations to actively notify vehicle owners about recalls, the bill addresses the common problem of owners missing or ignoring manufacturer recall notices, potentially reducing accidents and injuries caused by unresolved defects.
Integrates Safety Recall Checks into Vehicle Transactions. The mandate for inspection stations and dealers to provide recall information at the point of inspection, registration, or sale ensures that buyers and current owners are informed about unresolved recalls, promoting safer vehicles on New York roads.
Leverages Federal Data for State Safety. Using the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s database ensures recall information is up-to-date and comprehensive, making New York’s notification system more reliable and reducing administrative burden on the state.
Promotes Accountability for Dealers and Owners. The requirement that dealers pass recall information to the next purchaser or lessee creates a paper trail and encourages timely recall repairs before vehicles change hands, potentially protecting used car buyers from inheriting dangerous defects.
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Check Recalls During Inspections
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4384
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the provision of notice to owners whose motor vehicles are subject to safety recalls
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 210-a to read as follows:
§ 210-a. Motor vehicle safety recall information. 1. The department shall make available on its internet website, a link to "http://www.safercar.gov" operated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and providing all motor vehicle safety recalls, based on motor vehicle make, model, year and vehicle identification number, issued by such administration in accordance with the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
2. The department shall promote and provide public notice of the availability of information on motor vehicle safety recalls from the department's website and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at its website: "http://www.safercar.gov". Such promotion and notice shall be provided on the department's internet website and on a separate insert provided to motor vehicle owners upon the issuance or renewal of a registration pursuant to article fourteen of this chapter.
§ 2. Subdivision (a) of section 304 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new subdivision (b-1) is added 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 inspected are in proper and safe condition and comply with the rules and regulations of the commissioner
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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and with the laws of this state, and the emissions of such 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.
(b-1) An official inspection station shall submit to the department the vehicle identification number of each vehicle subject to inspection. The department, after review of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website "http://www.safercar.gov", shall produce and provide to the official inspection station a vehicle inspection report including a statement of any motor vehicle safety recall or recalls that the motor vehicle is subject to, that such recalls may be repaired by a motor vehicle dealer approved by the manufacturer of the vehicle, and that further information on the recalls may be obtained from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on its website: "http://www.safercar.gov". The official inspection station shall deliver such printed vehicle inspection report to the owner of the inspected motor vehicle. If the owner is a dealer, the dealer shall provide such vehicle inspection report to the next retail purchaser or lessee of the motor vehicle.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
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