New York A 5242: Relates to imposing certain restrictions on catalytic converters

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A05242 Summary:

BILL NOA05242 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORButtenschon

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Add Art 12-E §399-u, §415-d, amd §301, V & T L; amd §§69-e, 69-g & 69-i, ren §69-h to be §69-i, add §§69-h &
69-j, Gen Bus L; amd §2336, Ins L

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Imposes certain restrictions on catalytic converters; requires all vehicle catalytic converters to be indelibly marked or engraved with a readily observable unique serial number; provides a reduction in premium charges for certain motor vehicle liability, comprehensive and collision insurance rates with respect to automobiles equipped with a catalytic converter which contains such unique marking or engraving.

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BILL NOA05242 

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02/12/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5242

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the general business law
 and the insurance law, in relation to imposing certain restrictions on
 catalytic converters

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 12-E to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 12-E
 4 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS
 5 Section 399-u. Catalytic converters.
 6 § 399-u. Catalytic converters. 1. For the purposes of this article the
 7 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 8 (a) "Catalytic converter" means an exhaust emission control device
 9 which modifies exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine by cata-
 10 lyzing a redox reaction.
 11 (b) "Used or scrap catalytic converter" means a catalytic converter
 12 that was previously installed in a vehicle and which has been removed
 13 from such vehicle in whole or in part.
 14 2. A used or scrap catalytic converter shall only be purchased or
 15 otherwise accepted by an entity which is licensed as either a scrap
 16 processor or as a vehicle dismantler pursuant to this chapter.
 17 3. A scrap processor or vehicle dismantler which purchases one or more
 18 used or scrap catalytic converters shall:
 19 (a) Record the date of purchase, the name of the seller, and the sell-
 20 er's residential or business address;
 21 (b) Make and retain a copy of the government issued photographic iden-
 22 tification card used to verify the identity of any natural person from
 23 whom such used or scrap catalytic converters were purchased; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04241-01-5

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 1 (c) Record the unique identification number, if any, affixed to each
 2 such used or scrap catalytic converter purchased from a seller.
 3 § 2. Subdivision (d) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 4 amended by adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
 5 (5) (a) The commissioner shall establish and maintain a catalytic
 6 converter record program to enable a facility performing such
 7 inspections pursuant to this section to:
 8 (i) Indelibly mark or engrave a vehicle catalytic converter with a
 9 readily observable unique serial number if such catalytic convert is not
 10 already marked; and
 11 (ii) Maintain a record of the make, model, vehicle type, vehicle iden-
 12 tification number and the unique serial number marked, engraved or
 13 otherwise affixed to each such catalytic converter.
 14 (b) For the purposes of this paragraph the term "catalytic converter"
 15 shall have the same meaning as defined in section three hundred ninety-
 16 nine-u of this title.
 17 § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 18 415-d to read as follows:
 19 § 415-d. Catalytic converter serial number requirements. No retail
 20 dealer shall sell a new or used motor vehicle or parts of vehicles for
 21 which a certificate of title has been issued by the