S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7272
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 1, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the regis-
tered weight of tow trucks
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 401-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
chapter 552 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
S 401-b. Registration of tow trucks. Every motor vehicle engaged in
commercial towing in this state shall be registered and identified as a
tow truck, as hereinafter provided. No motor vehicle shall be registered
as a tow truck unless it shall have a gross vehicle weight rating of at
least [eighty-six hundred] TEN THOUSAND pounds and the application for
such registration is accompanied by proof of financial security which
shall meet the requirements of article six of this chapter. Upon
payment of the fees set forth in schedule H of subdivision seven of
section four hundred one of this article, such a motor vehicle shall be
issued a license plate identifying it as a "tow truck". It shall consti-
tute a class A misdemeanor to engage in commercial towing with a tow
truck that is not registered pursuant to this section.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10663-01-5