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                                  3197

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PERRY  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.
  BROOK-KRASNY, CANESTRARI, GALEF, V. LOPEZ, ORTIZ,  PHEFFER,  TOWNS  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to mirrors on
  passenger and certain other vehicles

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 10 of section 375 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by section 12 of part C of chapter 62 of the
laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  d.  (I)  Every  new passenger-type motor vehicle, except a motorcycle,
manufactured for sale in New York state on or after  January  first,  in
the  year  next succeeding the effective date of this paragraph shall be
manufactured with an interior rear-view mirror of the selective position
prismatic type with a reflectance value in the night driving position of
at least four percent; or its functional equivalent.
  (II) EVERY NEW PASSENGER CAR MANUFACTURED FOR SALE IN NEW  YORK  STATE
ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  WHOSE  INSIDE  REARVIEW MIRROR DOES NOT MEET THE
FIELD OF VIEW REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN FMVSS NUMBER 111 SHALL BE  MANU-
FACTURED  WITH  AN  OUTSIDE UNIT MAGNIFICATION MIRROR OR A CONVEX MIRROR
INSTALLED ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IN CONFORMANCE WITH FMVSS NUMBER  111,
AS  SET  FORTH  IN  TITLE  49, PART 571.111 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGU-
LATIONS, AS SUCH PART IS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF
THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH,  THE  TERM  "FMVSS" SHALL MEAN FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE
SAFETY STANDARD, THE  TERMS  "CONVEX  MIRROR"  AND  "UNIT  MAGNIFICATION
MIRROR"  SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN TITLE
49, PART 571.111 OF  THE  CODE  OF  FEDERAL  REGULATIONS  AND  THE  TERM
"PASSENGER  CAR"  SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
TITLE 49, PART 571.3 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AS  SUCH  PARTS
ARE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (III)  EVERY  NEW MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE, TRUCK, AND BUS OTHER
THAN A SCHOOL BUS WITH A GVWR OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS  OR  LESS  MANUFAC-
TURED  FOR  SALE IN NEW YORK STATE ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR
NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH  SHALL  HAVE
MIRRORS  WHICH  CONFORM  TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NUMBER 111, AS SET
FORTH IN TITLE 49, PART 571.111 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL  REGULATIONS,  AS
SUCH PART IS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPAR-
AGRAPH,  THE TERM "FMVSS" SHALL MEAN FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STAND-
ARD, THE TERM "UNIT MAGNIFICATION MIRROR" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN TITLE 49, PART 571.111 OF THE  CODE  OF  FEDERAL
REGULATIONS  AND  THE  TERMS  "MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE," "TRUCK,"
"BUS" AND "SCHOOL BUS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  SUCH  TERMS  ARE
DEFINED  IN  TITLE 49, PART 571.3 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AS
SUCH PARTS ARE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.
  (IV) For purposes of  this  section,  "passenger-type  motor  vehicle"
shall  mean  any  motor vehicle with a seating capacity of not more than
fifteen adults, not including the driver, that is equipped with  one  or
more rear windows.
  (V)  Any violation of the provisions of this paragraph by any manufac-
turer shall constitute an offense and shall be  punishable  by  a  civil
fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each offense.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have  become  a  law,  except that effective immediately, the
commissioner of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to  promulgate
any  rules  and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act
on such effective date.