What's happening
This bill requires police departments to electronically send stolen vehicle reports to parking violations bureaus within five days.
Why it matters
Helps prevent wrongful parking tickets for car theft victims. By ensuring police reports of stolen vehicles are quickly shared with parking violations bureaus, this bill aims to stop theft victims from being held responsible for parking fines incurred while their cars are missing.
Reduces administrative burdens and disputes. With electronic transmission, parking enforcement will have timely access to stolen vehicle reports, streamlining the process for dismissing illegitimate tickets and reducing the need for car owners to independently provide proof.
Promotes accountability and efficiency in police and city operations. The five-day deadline holds police departments to a clear standard, fostering better coordination between agencies and more accurate ticket processing.
Expands valid defenses for car owners. The bill clarifies that having the electronically transmitted report on file with the bureau is sufficient for contesting a ticket, making it easier for affected owners to assert their rights.
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Share Stolen Car Reports Electronically
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6961
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 27, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring police departments to electronically transmit to parking violations bureaus a copy of each report of stolen vehicle prepared
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 239 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
3. Stolen vehicles. If any owner of a motor vehicle receives a notice of violation for a period during which the illegally parked vehicle was reported to any police department as having been stolen, it shall be a valid defense to any charge of a parking violation that the motor vehicle had been reported to the police as stolen prior to the time the violation occurred and had not been recovered by such time. The police department shall electronically transmit to the parking violations bureau, who shall receive and keep on file, a copy of each report of stolen vehicle within five days of the report's completion. For the purposes of asserting the defense provided by this subdivision, it shall be a sufficient defense that [a]:
a. A copy of the electronically transmitted police report of the stolen vehicle is on file with the parking violations bureau, or
b. A certified copy of the police report of the stolen vehicle [be] has been mailed to the parking violations bureau.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10344-01-9
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