What's happening
This bill prohibits parking or storing vehicles fully concealed by opaque covers on public streets, allowing for immediate towing and local penalties.
Why it matters
Enhances public safety and security. by ensuring that vehicles parked on public streets remain visible for identification, reducing the risk of abandoned vehicles being used for illegal activity or concealing hazards.
Facilitates law enforcement and emergency response. by making license plates, registration, and vehicle identification numbers accessible, which helps authorities quickly verify ownership or investigate suspicious vehicles.
Empowers local governments. to enforce stricter penalties, including immediate towing and recovery of associated costs, giving municipalities more control over maintaining public order and street cleanliness.
Increases accountability for vehicle owners. by preventing the use of opaque covers to evade parking regulations or obscure vehicle status, potentially reducing unpaid tickets and other violations.
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Who cares
Vehicle owners who use opaque covers
Parking or storing a vehicle on a public street with all windows and identifying information concealed would be prohibited and subject the vehicle to immediate impoundment and towing.
Municipal legislative bodies
The bill would authorize them to adopt local penalties for violations, which could include towing costs.
Local vehicle impound authorities
Vehicles would be towed to a location for a safety assessment and, if the vehicle and its contents pose no safety threat, released subject to satisfaction of locally imposed sanctions.
Headline styles
Ban Concealed Cars on Streets
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5743
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, ORTIZ, WILLIAMS, D'URSO, GALEF -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting the parking or storing of a fully concealed vehicle on a public street
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 1229-e to read as follows:
§ 1229-e. Prohibition of a fully concealed vehicle parked on a public street. (1) For the purposes of this section, "fully concealed vehicle" shall mean a vehicle covered with an opaque material where the license plate, the vehicle identification number, vehicle registration and other identifying information, and all windows are not visible.
(2) The parking or storing of a fully concealed vehicle on a public street shall be strictly prohibited.
(3) Any vehicle parked on a public street in violation of this section shall be subject to immediate impound and towing to a location where the safety concerns regarding the vehicle shall be determined.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any municipality of this state, acting through its local legislative body, is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws, rules and ordinances, in accordance with the provisions of this section, in order to impose a penalty for violating this section, which may include, but not be limited to, the cost of towing the vehicle.
(5) If the vehicle and its contents are determined to be of no safety threat, the vehicle shall be released subject to satisfaction of all sanctions imposed by local authorities for the release of the vehicle.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07202-01-9
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