New York A 5609: Relates to the confinement of companion animals in vehicles in extreme temperatures

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A05609 Summary:

BILL NOA05609 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORButtenschon

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Increases the maximum penalty for concealing a license plate to a fine of one thousand dollars when a license plate is covered or coated with any material or substance that conceals or obscures such license plate or distorts an image of such license plate, when a license plate is covered with glass or plastic material, or when the view of a license plate is obstructed by a part of the vehicle or anything carried thereon.

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BILL NOA05609 

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02/18/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5609

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 18, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to increasing
 the maximum penalty for concealing a license plate to a fine of one
 thousand dollars

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 402 of the vehi-
 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by section 3 of subpart A of part WW of
 3 chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) A violation of subparagraph (ii), subparagraph (ii-a) or subpara-
 5 graph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section shall be
 6 punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than [five
 7 hundred] one thousand dollars.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 9 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09851-01-5

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