New York S 3156: Makes certain exceptions for violations pertaining to certain mufflers and exhaust systems

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S03156 Summary:

BILL NOS03156 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02552-A

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§376-a & 375, V & T L

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Excepts violations pertaining to mufflers and exhaust systems for cars, motorcycle exhaust devices without internal baffles and motorcycle exhaust devices that are intentionally designed to allow for the internal baffling to be fully or partially removed or interchangeable from having a summons not issued or having a summons dismissed if the violation is corrected.

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BILL NOS03156 

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1069

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.775

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3156

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 making
 certain exceptions for violations pertaining to certain mufflers and
 exhaust systems

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 376-a of the vehicle and
 2 traffic law, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 856 of the laws of 1990
 3 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2013, are
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 3. If the vehicle is being driven or operated in violation of any
 6 provisions of section three hundred seventy-five, three hundred seven-
 7 ty-six or three hundred eighty-one of this article relating to required
 8 equipment, except a violation described in subdivision two of this
 9 section, paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision thirty-one, thirty-one-a,
 10 thirty-one-b, or forty-seven of section three hundred seventy-five of
 11 this article, and except a violation relating to service brakes, such
 12 officer shall issue a summons, provided, however, that a summons shall
 13 not be issued if, in the discretion and at the request of such officer,
 14 the defect is corrected in the presence of such officer. The refusal of
 15 a police officer to permit the repair of any defect in [his] such police
 16 officer's presence shall not be reviewable, and shall not be a defense
 17 to any violation charged in a summons issued pursuant to the provisions
 18 of this subdivision.
 19 4. Any complaint issued for any violation of section three hundred
 20 seventy-five, three hundred seventy-six or three hundred eighty-one of
 21 this article relative to required equipment, except a violation
 22 described in subdivision two of this section, paragraphs (b) and (c) of
 23 subdivision thirty-one, thirty-one-a, thirty-one-b, or forty-seven of
 24 section three hundred seventy-five of this article, and except for a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01161-03-5

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 1 violation relating to service brakes, shall be dismissed by the court
 2 before which the summons is returnable if the violation as set forth in
 3 the summons is corrected not later than one-half hour after sunset on
 4 the first full business day after the issuance of the summons and proof
 5 of such correction as set forth in subdivision five of this section is
 6 submitted to the court. For the purposes of this subdivision, "business
 7 day" shall mean any calendar day except Saturday and Sunday, or the
 8 following business holidays: New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday,
 9 Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans' Day,
 10 Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
 11 § 2. Subdivision 31 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 12 amended by chapter 527 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 13 follows:
 14 31. Mufflers and exhaust syste