Senate Bill S5037B

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to counterfeit and non-functional airbags

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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co-Sponsors

2013-S5037 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6378
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §349-e, Gen Bus L

2013-S5037 - Summary

Relates to counterfeit and non-functional airbags; makes it unlawful to offer to distribute or sell, distribute or sell, a counterfeit or non-functional airbag.

2013-S5037 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5037 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5037

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. ZELDIN, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, MAZIARZ -- read twice and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law and the penal law, in  relation
  to counterfeit and non-functional airbags

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "Counterfeit Airbag Prevention Act".
  S 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-e
to read as follows:
  S  349-E.  COUNTERFEIT  AND NON-FUNCTIONAL AIRBAGS. 1. AS USED IN THIS
SECTION:
  (A) "AIRBAG" SHALL MEAN  ANY  COMPONENT  OF  AN  INFLATABLE  RESTRAINT
SYSTEM  AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-B OF THE
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR  THE  SPECIFIC  MAKE,
MODEL,  AND  YEAR OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE INSTALLED AND TO OPERATE IN
THE EVENT OF A CRASH. AIRBAG COMPONENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT  LIMITED  TO
THE  COVER,  SENSORS,  CONTROLLERS,  INFLATOR,  WIRING,  AND  THE AIRBAG
ITSELF.
  (B) "COUNTERFEIT AIRBAG" SHALL MEAN  AN  AIRBAG  THAT  BEARS,  WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION,  A  MARK IDENTICAL WITH, OR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO, THE
GENUINE MARK OF THE MANUFACTURER OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE.
  (C) "NON-FUNCTIONAL AIRBAG" SHALL MEAN A REPLACEMENT AIRBAG  THAT  HAD
BEEN  PREVIOUSLY  DEPLOYED  OR  DAMAGED, OR THAT HAS AN ELECTRICAL FAULT
THAT IS DETECTED BY THE  VEHICLE  AIRBAG  DIAGNOSTIC  SYSTEM  AFTER  THE
INSTALLATION  PROCEDURE IS COMPLETED. "NON-FUNCTIONAL AIRBAG" SHALL ALSO
MEAN ANY OBJECT, INCLUDING A COUNTERFEIT OR  REPAIRED  AIRBAG  COMPONENT
INSTALLED  TO  DECEIVE  THE  VEHICLE  OWNER OR OPERATOR INTO BELIEVING A
FUNCTIONAL AIRBAG IS INSTALLED.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10779-01-3

              

co-Sponsors

2013-S5037A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6378
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §349-e, Gen Bus L

2013-S5037A - Summary

Relates to counterfeit and non-functional airbags; makes it unlawful to offer to distribute or sell, distribute or sell, a counterfeit or non-functional airbag.

2013-S5037A - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5037A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5037--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. ZELDIN, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, MAZIARZ -- read twice and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Consumer Protection -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the general business law and the penal law, in relation
  to counterfeit and non-functional airbags

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be referred to as the
"counterfeit airbag prevention act."
  S 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-e
to read as follows:
  S 349-E. COUNTERFEIT AND NON-FUNCTIONAL AIRBAGS. 1. AS  USED  IN  THIS
SECTION:
  (A)  "AIRBAG"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  COMPONENT  OF AN INFLATABLE RESTRAINT
SYSTEM, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-B OF THE
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND THAT IS DESIGNED  FOR  THE  SPECIFIC  MAKE,
MODEL,  AND  YEAR OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE INSTALLED AND TO OPERATE IN
THE EVENT OF A CRASH. AIRBAG COMPONENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT  LIMITED  TO
THE  COVER,  SENSORS,  CONTROLLERS,  INFLATOR,  WIRING,  AND  THE AIRBAG
ITSELF.
  (B) "COUNTERFEIT AIRBAG" SHALL MEAN  AN  AIRBAG  THAT  BEARS,  WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION,  A  MARK IDENTICAL WITH, OR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO, THE
GENUINE MARK OF THE MANUFACTURER OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE.
  (C) "NON-FUNCTIONAL AIRBAG" SHALL MEAN A REPLACEMENT AIRBAG  THAT  HAS
BEEN  PREVIOUSLY  DEPLOYED  OR  DAMAGED, OR THAT HAS AN ELECTRICAL FAULT
THAT IS DETECTED BY THE READINESS  INDICATOR  LIGHT,  AS  SUCH  TERM  IS
DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-B  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC
LAW, AFTER THE  INSTALLATION  PROCEDURE  IS  COMPLETED.  "NON-FUNCTIONAL
AIRBAG"  SHALL ALSO MEAN ANY OBJECT, INCLUDING A COUNTERFEIT OR REPAIRED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10779-02-3

              

co-Sponsors

2013-S5037B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6378
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §349-e, Gen Bus L

2013-S5037B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to counterfeit and non-functional airbags; makes it unlawful to offer to distribute or sell, distribute or sell, a counterfeit or non-functional airbag.

2013-S5037B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5037B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5037--B
    Cal. No. 622

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. ZELDIN, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, MAZIARZ -- read twice and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Consumer Protection -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- reported
  favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
  its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to counterfeit and
  non-functional airbags

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be  known and may be referred to as the
"counterfeit airbag prevention act."
  S 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-e
to read as follows:
  S 349-E. COUNTERFEIT AND NON-FUNCTIONAL AIRBAGS. 1. AS  USED  IN  THIS
SECTION:
  (A)  "AIRBAG"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  COMPONENT  OF AN INFLATABLE RESTRAINT
SYSTEM, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-B OF THE
VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND THAT IS DESIGNED  FOR  THE  SPECIFIC  MAKE,
MODEL,  AND  YEAR OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE TO BE INSTALLED AND TO OPERATE IN
THE EVENT OF A CRASH. AIRBAG COMPONENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT  LIMITED  TO
THE  COVER,  SENSORS,  CONTROLLERS,  INFLATOR,  WIRING,  AND  THE AIRBAG
ITSELF.
  (B) "COUNTERFEIT AIRBAG" SHALL MEAN  AN  AIRBAG  THAT  BEARS,  WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION,  A  MARK IDENTICAL WITH, OR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO, THE
GENUINE MARK OF THE MANUFACTURER OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE.
  (C) "NON-FUNCTIONAL AIRBAG" SHALL MEAN A REPLACEMENT AIRBAG  THAT  HAS
BEEN  PREVIOUSLY  DEPLOYED  OR  DAMAGED, OR THAT HAS AN ELECTRICAL FAULT
THAT IS DETECTED BY THE READINESS  INDICATOR  LIGHT,  AS  SUCH  TERM  IS
DEFINED  IN  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN-B  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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