New York S 7905: Relates to providing notice of certain scams when selling gift cards

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S07905 Summary:

BILL NOS07905A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08860-A

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSRFAHY, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, KRUEGER, PERSAUD

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2985, 2855 & 2985-a, Pub Auth L; amd §§510, 401 & 402-b, add §2105-b, V & T L

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Relates to enforcement of toll collection regulations and license plate violations; permits registration suspension, seizure and liens.

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BILL NOS07905A

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05/13/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

06/01/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

06/01/2026PRINT NUMBER 7905A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7905--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
 PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the vehicle and traffic
 law, in relation to enforcement of toll collection regulations and
 license plate violations

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2985 of the public authorities
 2 law, as added by chapter 379 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 6. (a) An imposition of liability pursuant to this section shall be
 5 based upon a preponderance of evidence as submitted. An imposition of
 6 liability pursuant to this section shall not be deemed a conviction as
 7 an operator and shall not be made part of the motor vehicle operating
 8 record, furnished pursuant to section three hundred fifty-four of the
 9 vehicle and traffic law, of the person upon whom such liability is
 10 imposed nor shall it be used for insurance purposes in the provision of
 11 motor vehicle insurance coverage.
 12 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, an imposition
 13 of liability pursuant to this section shall be deemed a conviction as an
 14 operator and shall be made part of the motor vehicle operating record,
 15 furnished pursuant to section three hundred fifty-four of the vehicle
 16 and traffic law, of the person upon whom such liability is imposed and
 17 shall be used for insurance purposes in the provision of motor vehicle
 18 insurance coverage if an operator has unpaid liabilities pursuant to
 19 this section from a series of convictions, not arising out of the same
 20 incident, for covering or obscuring a license plate three or more times

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11467-02-6

 S. 7905--A 2

 1 within a period of five years in violation of subparagraph (ii), (ii-a)
 2 or (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four hundred two
 3 of the vehicle and traffic law.
 4 § 2. Subdivision 4-h of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 5 added by section 5 of subpart A of part WW of chapter 56 of the laws of
 6 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 7 4-h. Suspension of registration for covering license plates with a
 8 license plate cover or material appearing to be a number plate or
 9 obscuring license plates with any material or substance. (a) Upon
 10 receipt of a notification from a court or an administrative tribunal
 11 that an owner of a motor vehicle has been convicted three or more times
 12 within a period of five years of a violation of subparagraph (ii),
 13 (ii-a) or (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four
 14 hundred two of this chapter not arising out of the same incident, the
 15 commissioner or the commissioner's agent may suspend the registration of
 16 the motor vehicle involved in such violation [for a period of ninety
 17 days] until a tolling authority described in section twenty-nine hundred
 18 eighty-five of the public authorities l