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                                  6057--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 31, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  STIRPE,  SIMON, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on  Transportation  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the sale  of
   salvaged  airbags; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relat-
   ing thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 6 of section 398-d of the
 vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 415-c of the vehicle and traffic law is  REPEALED  and  a
 new section 415-c is added to read as follows:
   §  415-C. SALE OF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAGS. 1.
 ANY RECYCLED AIRBAG OFFERED FOR  SALE  SHALL  BE  NON-DEPLOYED  ORIGINAL
 EQUIPMENT  REMOVED  FROM  A  SALVAGED  VEHICLE, AND INSTALLED IN ANOTHER
 VEHICLE FOR WHICH IT IS A CORRECT REPLACEMENT PART.  THIS SECTION  SHALL
 NOT  APPLY  TO  THE  SALE  OF  REBUILT, RE-MANUFACTURED, OR NON-ORIGINAL
 EQUIPMENT AIRBAGS OR AIRBAG SYSTEM  COMPONENTS,  OR  TO  ANY  AIRBAG  OR
 AIRBAG  SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN DISASSEMBLED, ALTERED, REPAIRED, OR HAS HAD
 ANY PARTS REMOVED OR REPLACED.
   2. A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG THAT IS UNDER AN ACTIVE MANUFACTURER
 RECALL, COMES FROM A FLOOD VEHICLE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR
 THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN IDENTIFIABLE SERIAL NUMBER, SHALL NOT  BE  OFFERED
 FOR SALE.
   3.  PRIOR  TO  SALE, A PROVIDER OF NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAGS SHALL
 CONDUCT AN INSPECTION OF SUCH AIRBAGS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (A) THE IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDING OF THE VEHICLE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL,
 VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND AIRBAG TRIM COLOR OF THE VEHICLE THAT
 THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG WAS REMOVED FROM; AND
   (B)  A  VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRBAG, THE AIRBAG SYSTEM, THE AIRBAG
 MODULE COVER, AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS, INCLUDING REVIEW FOR ANY  SIGNS
 OF DAMAGE OR CONTAMINATION.
   4.    UPON  THE  SALE  OF A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG, THE PROVIDER
 SHALL PROVIDE THE BUYER WITH A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION  OF  THE  FOLLOWING
 INFORMATION:
   (A)  THE  IDENTITY  OF  THE  PERSON OR ENTITY SELLING THE NON-DEPLOYED
 RECYCLED AIRBAG;
   (B) THE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER  OF  THE
 VEHICLE RECEIVING THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG;
   (C)  THE  IDENTIFICATION OF THE VEHICLE THAT THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED
 AIRBAG WAS REMOVED FROM, INCLUDING THE YEAR, MAKE,  MODEL,  AND  VEHICLE
 IDENTIFICATION NUMBER;
   (D) THE SUPPLIER'S INTERNAL STOCK NUMBER FOR THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED
 AIRBAG;
   (E)  THAT  THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG IS AN APPROPRIATE PART FOR
 THE VEHICLE RECEIVING THE NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG; AND
   (F) THAT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE INSPECTION  AS  PRESCRIBED  IN
 SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN MET.
   5.  A NON-DEPLOYED RECYCLED AIRBAG SHALL ONLY BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY A
 VEHICLE DISMANTLER THAT IS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 FIFTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.