New York S 2233: Provides for the seizure and redemption of unlawfully operated and unsafe commercial motor vehicles

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S02233 Summary:

BILL NOS02233 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSRHINCHEY, MARTINEZ, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §140, Transp L; add §511-e, V & T L

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Provides for a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars for each offense committed, or by imprisonment for not more than one hundred eighty days or by both such fine and imprisonment for a class A misdemeanor where a stretch limousine has failed an inspection but an operator still operates such vehicle; provides for the seizure and redemption of unlawfully operated and unsafe commercial motor vehicles by an officer; requires such vehicle information to be entered into the New York statewide police information network as an impounded vehicle; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOS02233 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2233

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, HINCHEY, MARTINEZ, SEPULVEDA -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law and the vehicle and traffic law,
 in relation to stretch limousines

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph b of subdivision 9 of section
 2 140 of the transportation law, as amended by section 4 of part K of
 3 chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) Whenever an altered motor vehicle commonly referred to as a
 5 "stretch limousine" has failed an inspection and been placed out-of-ser-
 6 vice, the commissioner may direct a police officer or agent of such
 7 commissioner to immediately secure possession of the number plates of
 8 such vehicle and return the same to the commissioner of motor vehicles.
 9 The commissioner shall notify the commissioner of motor vehicles to that
 10 effect, and the commissioner of motor vehicles shall thereupon suspend
 11 the registration of such vehicle until such time as the commissioner
 12 gives notice that the out-of-service defect has been satisfactorily
 13 adjusted. Provided, however, that the commissioner shall give notice and
 14 an opportunity to be heard within not more than thirty days of the
 15 suspension. Failure of the holder or of any person possessing such
 16 plates to deliver to the commissioner or agent of such commissioner who
 17 requests the same pursuant to this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor. The
 18 commissioner of motor vehicles shall have the authority to deny a regis-
 19 tration or renewal application to any other person for the same vehicle
 20 where it has been determined that such registrant's intent has been to
 21 evade the purposes of this paragraph and where the commissioner of motor
 22 vehicles has reasonable grounds to believe that such registration or
 23 renewal will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this para-
 24 graph. The procedure on any such suspension shall be the same as in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03564-01-5

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 1 case of a suspension under the vehicle and traffic law. Operating such
 2 motor vehicle while under suspension as provided in this subdivision
 3 shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars and
 4 assessed to the holder or of any person possessing such plates for each
 5 offense committed, in addition to any other fines, penalties or actions
 6 taken with respect to such conduct.
 7 § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 8 511-e to read as follows:
 9 § 511-e. Seizure and redemption of unlawfully operated and unsafe
 10 commercial motor vehicles. 1. Upon determining that a commercial motor
 11 vehicle is operating with an out-of-service defect that is of a type
 12 where pursuant to the department of transportation's regulations no
 13 inspection would be iss