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                                   2499
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ANGELINO, DeSTEFANO, DURSO, LEMONDES, MANKTELOW,
   McDONOUGH, MILLER, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to extending
   the timeframe for motor vehicle inspections  for  new  motor  vehicles
   sold within the state

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 301 of the vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) [The] (1) OTHER THAN NEW MOTOR VEHICLES DESCRIBED UNDER  PARAGRAPH
 TWO OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE commissioner shall require that every motor
 vehicle registered in this state be inspected once each year for safety,
 and  at least biennially for emissions as provided for pursuant to para-
 graph two of subdivision (d) of this section, and in accordance with the
 provisions of this article, and that every motor vehicle sold or  trans-
 ferred  for  use on the public highways of this state by a dealer regis-
 tered under section four hundred fifteen of this chapter to  any  person
 other than another such registered dealer or transferred for no remuner-
 ation  by such a registered dealer to any person other than to a welfare
 to work program authorized by the New York state department of labor,  a
 private industry council, a county or a social services district for the
 sole  use of public assistance recipients or applicants participating in
 the welfare to work program to which such vehicle is transferred must be
 inspected and bear a valid certificate  or  certificates  of  inspection
 prior  to  delivery  to  the purchaser or transferee. Provided, however,
 that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to exempt any motor  vehi-
 cle  so  transferred  to  a  welfare  to  work  program  pursuant to the
 provisions of this subdivision from being inspected in  accordance  with
 the provisions of this section or from complying with all other applica-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06602-01-3
              

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 ble  provisions  of  this  chapter, including registration and financial
 security, prior to operation on any public highway.
   (2)  EVERY  NEW  MOTOR  VEHICLE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED UNDER SECTION
 FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, THAT IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN NEW
 YORK STATE TO SOMEONE OTHER THAN  A  DISTRIBUTOR  OR  DEALER,  SHALL  BE
 INSPECTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, HOWEVER,
 SUCH INSPECTION SHALL BE VALID FOR FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF SALE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.