New York S 9978: Prohibits safety and emission inspections for new motor vehicles that are sold or transferred

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S09978 Summary:

BILL NOS09978 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORASHBY

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Amd §301, V & T L

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Prohibits safety and emission inspections for new motor vehicles that are sold or transferred until the third year after the initial inspection by a dealer.

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BILL NOS09978 

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04/20/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9978

 IN SENATE

 April 20, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- 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 the safety
 and emissions inspections of new motor vehicles

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (a) The commissioner shall require that every motor vehicle registered
 5 in this state be inspected once each year for safety, and at least bien-
 6 nially for emissions as provided for pursuant to paragraph two of subdi-
 7 vision (d) of this section, and in accordance with the provisions of
 8 this article, [and] except that [every] a new motor vehicle sold or
 9 transferred for use on the public highways of the state by a dealer
 10 registered under section four hundred and fifteen of this chapter which
 11 is inspected and registered by the dealer upon sale or transfer as
 12 provided for herein shall not be required to obtain a safety or emis-
 13 sions inspection until the third year after such initial inspection by
 14 the dealer. Every motor vehicle sold or transferred for use on the
 15 public highways of this state by a dealer registered under section four
 16 hundred fifteen of this chapter to any person other than another such
 17 registered dealer or transferred for no remuneration by such a regis-
 18 tered dealer to any person other than to a welfare to work program
 19 authorized by the New York state department of labor, a private industry
 20 council, a county or a social services district for the sole use of
 21 public assistance recipients or applicants participating in the welfare
 22 to work program to which such vehicle is transferred must be inspected
 23 and bear a valid certificate or certificates of inspection prior to
 24 delivery to the purchaser or transferee. Provided, however, that nothing
 25 contained herein shall be deemed to exempt any motor vehicle so trans-
 26 ferred to a welfare to work program pursuant to the provisions of this
 27 subdivision from being inspected in accordance with the provisions of
 28 this section or from complying with all other applicable provisions of
 29 this chapter, including registration and financial security, prior to
 30 operation on any public highway.
 31 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14711-01-6

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