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                                   1474
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   GALEF -- 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 REAR-VIEW 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[,]:
   (1) "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; AND
   (2) "GVWR" SHALL MEAN THE WEIGHT OF A VEHICLE CONSISTING OF THE UNLAD-
 EN  WEIGHT AND THE MAXIMUM CARRYING CAPACITY RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFAC-
 TURER OF SUCH VEHICLE. THE GVWR OF A COMBINATION OF  VEHICLES  (COMMONLY
 REFERRED  TO  AS  THE  "GROSS COMBINATION WEIGHT RATING" OR GCWR) IS THE
 GVWR OF THE POWER UNIT PLUS THE GVWR OF EACH VEHICLE IN THE COMBINATION.
   (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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.