New York S 4230: Relates to the payment of restitution by registered and unregistered repair shops

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S04230 Summary:

BILL NOS04230 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01673

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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Amd §398-e, V & T L

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Establishes that if financial loss has been made and a registrant or unregistered repair shop fails to comply with an order to pay restitution, the commissioner shall, by order, increase the amount of the penalty assessed.

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BILL NOS04230 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1686

06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/09/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1705

06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A1673

&nbspA01673 AMEND= Weprin

&nbsp01/10/2025referred to transportation

&nbsp03/11/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp04/08/2025reported 

&nbsp04/10/2025advanced to third reading cal.98

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.65

&nbsp06/01/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/01/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp06/01/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/04/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S4230

&nbsp06/04/20263RD READING CAL.1705

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4230

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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, in relation to the payment
 of restitution by registered and unregistered repair shops

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 398-e of the vehicle and
 2 traffic law, as amended by chapter 634 of the laws of 1980, paragraphs
 3 (a) and (c) of subdivision 2 and paragraphs (a), (d) and (e) of subdivi-
 4 sion 3 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 1987, paragraph (b) of
 5 subdivision 2 as amended by section 2 of part OO of chapter 59 of the
 6 laws of 2009 and paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter
 7 356 of the laws of 2001, are amended to read as follows:
 8 2. Civil penalty; suspension for failure to pay. (a) The commissioner,
 9 or any person deputized by [him] such commissioner, may, by order,
 10 require a registrant or an unregistered repair shop to pay to the people
 11 of this state a penalty as hereinafter provided. Such penalty may be
 12 imposed in addition to or in lieu of revoking or suspending the certif-
 13 icate of registration of a registrant in accordance with the provisions
 14 of this article, or such a penalty may be imposed upon a finding that a
 15 registrant or an unregistered repair shop: (i) has been grossly negli-
 16 gent in the performance of any repair or adjustment covered by this
 17 article; or (ii) has grossly overcharged for such repair or adjustment.
 18 (b) (i) Such penalty for a first violation shall be in a sum not
 19 exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars for each violation found to have
 20 been committed, and for a second or subsequent violation not arising out
 21 of the same incident both of which were committed within a period of
 22 thirty months, be in a sum of not more than one thousand dollars for
 23 each violation found to have been committed; provided, however, the
 24 penalty for each and any violation of paragraph (g) of subdivision one
 25 of this section found to have been committed shall be no less than three

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03722-01-5

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 1 hundred and fifty dollars and no more than one thousand dollars, except
 2 that if a finding of financial loss has been made pursuant to subdivi-
 3 sion three of this section, the amount of such penalty may be increased
 4 by the amount of financial loss so found.
 5 (ii) Notwithstanding the provi