Senate Bill S2249

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits any obstruction of the view of the distinctive number and the identifying marks on the number plate of a motor vehicle

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2249 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4188
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6558
2015-2016: S780, A8081

2017-S2249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits any obstruction of the view of the distinctive number and other identifying marks on the number plate of a motor vehicle.

2017-S2249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2249
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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  maintenance
   of motor vehicle number plates
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 402 of the  vehi-
 cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2005, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) Number plates shall be kept clean and in a condition so as  to  be
 easily readable and shall not be covered by glass or any plastic materi-
 al  THAT  DISTORTS  OR  OBSTRUCTS  THE VIEW OF THE DISTINCTIVE NUMBER OR
 OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS, and shall not be knowingly  covered  or  coated
 with  any artificial or synthetic material or substance that conceals or
 obscures such number plates or that distorts a recorded or  photographic
 image  of such number plates, and the view of THE DISTINCTIVE NUMBER AND
 OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS, AS PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  ON  such
 number  plates  shall not be obstructed by any part of the vehicle or by
 anything carried thereon, except for a receiver-transmitter issued by  a
 publicly  owned  tolling  facility  in  connection  with electronic toll
 collection when such receiver-transmitter is affixed to the exterior  of
 a vehicle in accordance with mounting instructions provided by the toll-
 ing facility.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law; provided that, effective immediately, any
 rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this  act
 are  authorized and directed to be completed on or before such effective
 date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02910-01-7

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