Assembly Actions -
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May 09, 2018 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 23, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 18, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 17, 2018 |
1st report cal.756 |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 08, 2017 |
referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 24, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 09, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 04, 2017 |
1st report cal.538 |
Jan 12, 2017 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S2249
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S2249 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S2249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2249 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to maintenance of motor vehicle number plates PURPOSE : Prohibits the obstruction of the distinguishing number or other identification marks on a license plate. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill amends section 402.1(b) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to allow obstruction of a license plate so long as the distinctive number or other identifying marks as prescribed by the commissioner can be viewed. JUSTIFICATION : Throughout the State it is common to find license plate holders on vehicles, and it is almost unheard of for a car to leave a dealer's lot without a license plate holder displaying the dealership's name. However, as the law is written today this common practice is illegal. Current law makes it a violation to use a license plate holder even if it does not obstruct any identifying marks on the license plate. As a result, many New Yorkers have received tickets and paid fines for
2017-S2249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2249 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to maintenance of motor vehicle number plates THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 402 of the vehi- cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: (b) Number plates shall be kept clean and in a condition so as to be easily readable and shall not be covered by glass or any plastic materi- al THAT DISTORTS OR OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW OF THE DISTINCTIVE NUMBER OR OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS, and shall not be knowingly covered or coated with any artificial or synthetic material or substance that conceals or obscures such number plates or that distorts a recorded or photographic image of such number plates, and the view of THE DISTINCTIVE NUMBER AND OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, ON such number plates shall not be obstructed by any part of the vehicle or by anything carried thereon, except for a receiver-transmitter issued by a publicly owned tolling facility in connection with electronic toll collection when such receiver-transmitter is affixed to the exterior of a vehicle in accordance with mounting instructions provided by the toll- ing facility. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that, effective immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02910-01-7
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