New York S 5688: Establishes a fixed fee for the purchase of registration lists and title information

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S05688 Summary:

BILL NOS05688A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07868-A

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRGRIFFO, OBERACKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 202, V & T L

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Provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall affix a cost for the sale of registration lists and title information or other records in bulk at the annual cost not to exceed $1,520,000; authorizes such commissioner to impose other requirements; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS05688A

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02/27/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/27/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

05/27/2025PRINT NUMBER 5688A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5688--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, GRIFFO, OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
 portation -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to
 the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
 a fixed fee for the purchase of registration lists and title informa-
 tion

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 202 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 1989, the subdivision head-
 3 ing and paragraphs (a) and (e) as amended by chapter 496 of the laws of
 4 1995, and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1989,
 5 is amended and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
 6 4. Registration lists and title information. (a) The commissioner
 7 shall have discretion to contract with [the highest responsible] any
 8 successful bidder or bidders to furnish the registration information
 9 specified in this section from the records of all vehicle registrations
 10 from any registration period, or number of periods not exceeding five
 11 years in the aggregate, with respect to a given territory or information
 12 on titles. In such event, the fees provided by this section shall not
 13 apply to copies of records furnished under any such contract. Any such
 14 contract entered into by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall
 15 not be for a term of more than two years and shall contain language
 16 prohibiting [the] any successful bidder or bidders from assigning the
 17 contract and from any use or resale of the information received which
 18 use or resale is contrary to the public policy of this state or is
 19 contrary to the public morals or welfare. In addition, any such sale of
 20 registration information shall be limited to only that part of the vehi-
 21 cle registration records describing the name and address of the owner of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09568-02-5

 S. 5688--A 2

 1 the vehicle and the make, model, year, weight, body style, number of
 2 passengers and cylinders, fuel, license number, type of registration and
 3 transaction, validation and expiration date and vehicle identification
 4 number of the vehicle.
 5 (a-1) The commissioner shall affix a cost for the sale of such lists
 6 or other records specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision in bulk
 7 not to exceed the annual cost of one million five hundred twenty thou-
 8 sand dollars ($1,520,000).
 9 (b) The commissioner shall notify each vehicle registrant that the
 10 registration information specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision
 11 has been or will be furnished to the contracting party. The commissioner
 12 shall inform each vehicle registrant when such registrant first makes
 13 application for a vehicle registration or when such registrant applies
 14 to renew an existing vehicle registration how to achieve the deletion of
 15 such information from the contracting party's file. The contract between
 16 the co