New York S 4147: Relates to enacting the "ghostbuster act"

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S04147 Summary:

BILL NOS04147 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00759

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd V & T L, generally; amd §1.20, CP L; amd §19-169.2, NYC Ad Cd

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Enhances enforcement of laws requiring proper and readable license plates and vehicle identification numbers; increases penalties including booting.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4147

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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, the criminal procedure law
 and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to
 improving enforcement of violations related to license plates

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "ghostbus-
 2 ter act".
 3 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 238 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 4 amended by chapter 224 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 2. A notice of violation shall be served personally upon the operator
 7 of a motor vehicle who is present at the time of service, and [his] such
 8 operator's name, together with the plate designation and the plate type
 9 as shown by the registration plates of said vehicle [and], the expira-
 10 tion date and the vehicle identification number; the make or model[, and
 11 body type] of said vehicle; a description of the charged violation,
 12 including but not limited to a reference to the applicable traffic rule
 13 or provision of this chapter; information as to the days and hours the
 14 applicable rule or provision of this chapter is in effect, unless always
 15 in effect pursuant to rule or this chapter and where appropriate the
 16 word ALL when the days and/or hours in effect are everyday and/or twen-
 17 ty-four hours a day; the meter number for a meter violation, where
 18 appropriate; and the date, time and particular place of occurrence of
 19 the charged violation, shall be inserted therein. A mere listing of a
 20 meter number in cases of charged meter violations shall not be deemed to
 21 constitute a sufficient description of a particular place of occurrence
 22 for purposes of this subdivision. The notice of violation shall be
 23 served upon the owner of the motor vehicle if the operator is not pres-
 24 ent, by affixing such notice to said vehicle in a conspicuous place.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01425-02-5

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 1 Whenever such notice is so affixed, in lieu of inserting the name of the
 2 person charged with the violation in the space provided for the iden-
 3 tification of said person, the words "owner of the vehicle bearing
 4 license" may be inserted to be followed by the plate designation and
 5 plate type as shown by the registration plates of said vehicle together
 6 with the expiration date and the vehicle identification number; the make
 7 or model[, and body type] of said vehicle; a description of the charged
 8 violation, including but not limited to a reference to the applicable
 9 traffic rule or provision of this chapter; information as to the days
 10 and hours the applicable rule or provision of this chapter is in effect
 11 unless always in effect pursuant to rule or this chapter and where
 12 appropriate the word ALL when the days and/or hours in effect are every
 13 day and/or twenty-four hours a day; the meter number for a meter
 14 violation where appropriate; and the date, time and particular place of
 15 occurrence of the charged violation. Service of the notice of
 16 violation, or a duplicate thereof by affixation as herein provided shall
 17 have the same force and effect and shall be subject to the same penal-
 18 ties for disregard thereof as though the same