Assembly Bill A6249A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to violations for concealed license plates

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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Bill Amendments

2023-A6249 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8878
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, V & T L

2023-A6249 - Summary

Adds a knowing element to certain violations for concealed license plates; increases the fine amounts for certain violations relating to concealed license plates to $75 - $300 for first violation, $75 - $350 for a second violation, and $75 - $400 for the third and any subsequent violations.

2023-A6249 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6249
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  increasing
   the  fine amounts for certain violations relating to concealed license
   plates
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  8  of section 402 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 451 of the laws of 2021, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   8.  A  violation  of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not
 less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars, except  that  a
 violation of subparagraph (ii) or subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of
 subdivision  one  of  this  section shall be punishable by a fine of not
 less than [fifty] ONE HUNDRED nor more than three  hundred  dollars  FOR
 THE  FIRST  VIOLATION;  NOT  LESS  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED NOR MORE THAN FOUR
 HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE  SECOND  VIOLATION;  AND  NOT  LESS  THAN  THREE
 HUNDRED NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE THIRD AND EACH SUBSE-
 QUENT VIOLATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05078-01-3

2023-A6249A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8878
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §402, V & T L

2023-A6249A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds a knowing element to certain violations for concealed license plates; increases the fine amounts for certain violations relating to concealed license plates to $75 - $300 for first violation, $75 - $350 for a second violation, and $75 - $400 for the third and any subsequent violations.

2023-A6249A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6249--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation  --  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 violations
   for concealed license plates

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision
 1 and subdivision 8 of section 402 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  451  of  the  laws of 2021, are amended to read as
 follows:
   (i) 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 mate-
 rial].
   (ii) Number plates shall not be knowingly  covered  BY  GLASS  OR  ANY
 PLASTIC  MATERIAL 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.
   8.  A  violation  of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not
 less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars, except  that  a
 violation of subparagraph (ii) or subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of
 subdivision  one  of  this  section shall be punishable by a fine of not
 less than [fifty] SEVENTY-FIVE nor more than three hundred dollars  UPON
 CONVICTION  OF  A    FIRST    VIOLATION;  UPON  CONVICTION  OF  A SECOND
 VIOLATION, BOTH OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED  WITHIN  A  PERIOD  OF  EIGHTEEN
 MONTHS,  SUCH  VIOLATION  SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN
 SEVENTY-FIVE NOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS; UPON  CONVICTION
 OF A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, ALL OF WHICH WERE COMMITTED WITHIN A
 PERIOD  OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS, SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
 OF NOT LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE NOR MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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