New York A 497: Increases the number of supreme court justices in the third judicial district (Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan & Ulster Counties)

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A00497 Summary:

BILL NOA00497 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03251

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SPONSORMagnarelli

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COSPNSRSimon, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2101, 2107, 2109, 2112, 2117 & 2119, V & T L

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Provides for the electronic transmission of vehicle certificate of titles.

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BILL NOA00497 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 497

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, SIMON, LEVENBERG -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
 for the electronic transmission of certain documents

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 2101 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (f) To "mail" means to deposit in the United States mail properly
 5 addressed and with postage prepaid, or electronically transmitted.
 6 § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 2107 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 7 as added by chapter 521 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 (c) When the commissioner issues a certificate of title for a vehicle
 10 as a result of an original application for a title or as a result of the
 11 filing of a security interest, [he] such commissioner shall also issue
 12 and mail or have electronically transmitted to the lienholder or lien-
 13 holders named in the original application, or to the lienholder who
 14 filed the subsequent security interest a notice of recorded lien.
 15 § 3. Section 2109 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section
 16 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
 17 § 2109. Delivery. The certificate of title shall be mailed or elec-
 18 tronically transmitted to the owner.
 19 § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 2112 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 20 as amended by chapter 175 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as
 21 follows:
 22 (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
 23 or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner
 24 named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the commissioner,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01126-01-5

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 1 shall promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon
 2 furnishing information satisfactory to the commissioner. Unless the
 3 original certificate of title is surrendered to the commissioner, the
 4 duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend "This is a
 5 duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under
 6 the original certificate." It shall be mailed or electronically trans-
 7 mitted to the owner.
 8 § 5. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 2117 of the vehicle and traf-
 9 fic law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, are amended to
 10 read as follows:
 11 (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate
 12 of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the
 13 required fee and any other documents required by law, shall check the
 14 identifying number of the vehicle against the appropriate records of
 15 vehicles required to be maintained, issue a new certificate of title in
 16 the name of the transferee as owner and mail it or have it electron-
 17 ically transmitted to the owner.
 18 (b) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for a new certif-
 19 icate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with
 20 proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required
 21 by law, shall check the identifying number of the vehicle against the
 22 appropriate records of vehicles required to be maintained, issue a new
 23 certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it
 24 or have it electronical