New York A 4066: Relates to electronic signatures on the form MV-82, application for registration/title

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A04066 Summary:

BILL NOA04066A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02107-A

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SPONSORCunningham

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COSPNSRShimsky, Levenberg, Maher, Burroughs

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Title 11-A Art 48-D §§2500 - 2504, V & T L

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Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to accept electronic signatures on form MV-82, application for registration/title.

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BILL NOA04066A

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01/31/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

05/12/2026amend (t) and recommit to transportation

05/12/2026print number 4066a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4066--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM, SHIMSKY, LEVENBERG, MAHER, BURROUGHS
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly
 Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the accept-
 ance of electronic signatures on form MV-82, application for
 registration/title

 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 title 11-A to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 11-A
 4 ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
 5 ARTICLE 48-D
 6 ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
 7 Section 2500. Definitions.
 8 2501. Acceptance of electronic signatures.
 9 2502. Requirements and limitations.
 10 2503. Utilization.
 11 2504. Conflict.
 12 § 2500. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
 13 (a) "Document" means form MV-82, application for registration/title,
 14 as prescribed by the commissioner, and shall not include any other form,
 15 certificate, record, or instrument required under this chapter.
 16 (b) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or proc-
 17 ess, attached to or logically associated with form MV-82 (application
 18 for registration/title) and executed or adopted by a person with the
 19 intent to sign, agree, or otherwise acknowledge the information and
 20 facts to be accurate and correct.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03600-03-6

 A. 4066--A 2

 1 (c) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical,
 2 digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capa-
 3 bilities as used solely in connection with form MV-82 (application for
 4 registration/title).
 5 § 2501. Acceptance of electronic signatures. (a) The commissioner may
 6 accept electronic signatures on form MV-82.
 7 (b) An electronic signature affixed to form MV-82, when permitted by
 8 the commissioner, shall have the same force and legal effect as a hand-
 9 written "wet ink" signature.
 10 § 2502. Requirements and limitations. (a) The commissioner:
 11 (1) may require that form MV-82 containing an electronic signature to
 12 include an indication that the signature is electronic;
 13 (2) may establish procedures for the acceptance and processing of form
 14 MV-82 executed with an electronic signature, including procedures for
 15 invalidating any previously submitted paper version of such form when
 16 replaced by an electronic submission;
 17 (3) may not refuse to accept form MV-82 executed with an electronic
 18 signature solely because such signature is electronic, provided the
 19 electronic signature complies with standards established by the commis-
 20 sioner;
 21 (4) may establish standards for electronic signature processes and
 22 vendors used for form MV-82, including security, authentication, and
 23 fraud prevention requirements;
 24 (5) shall not require a form MV-82 executed with an electronic signa-
 25 ture to be converted to physical format by printing for any purpose,
 26 except when submission by physical means is required because the commis-
 27 sioner does not have an electronic process or system available to accept
 28 such form MV-82, or where an applicant d