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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 6, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
   for the electronic transmission of certain documents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 2101 of the vehicle and  traffic
 law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (f)  To  "mail"  means  to  deposit in the United States mail properly
 addressed and with postage prepaid, OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED.
   § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 2107 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  521  of  the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c) When the commissioner issues a certificate of title for a  vehicle
 as a result of an original application for a title or as a result of the
 filing  of  a  security  interest,  he shall also issue and mail OR HAVE
 ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED to the lienholder or lienholders named in the
 original application, or to the  lienholder  who  filed  the  subsequent
 security interest a notice of recorded lien.
   §  3. Section 2109 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section
 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2109. Delivery. The certificate of title shall be  mailed  OR  ELEC-
 TRONICALLY TRANSMITTED to the owner.
   §  4.  Subdivision (a) of section 2112 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as amended by chapter 175 of the laws of 1982, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed
 or becomes illegible, the owner or legal  representative  of  the  owner
 named  in  the certificate, as shown by the records of the commissioner,
 shall promptly make application for and  may  obtain  a  duplicate  upon
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 furnishing  information  satisfactory  to  the  commissioner. Unless the
 original certificate of title is surrendered to  the  commissioner,  the
 duplicate  certificate  of  title  shall  contain  the legend "This is a
 duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under
 the  original  certificate." It shall be mailed OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANS-
 MITTED to the owner.
   § 5. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 2117 of the vehicle and traf-
 fic law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (a)  The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate
 of title, with an application  for  a  new  certificate  of  title,  the
 required  fee  and  any other documents required by law, shall check the
 identifying number of the vehicle against  the  appropriate  records  of
 vehicles  required to be maintained, issue a new certificate of title in
 the name of the transferee as owner and mail it  OR  HAVE  IT  ELECTRON-
 ICALLY TRANSMITTED to the owner.
   (b) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for a new certif-
 icate  of  title  by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with
 proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required
 by law, shall check the identifying number of the  vehicle  against  the
 appropriate  records  of vehicles required to be maintained, issue a new
 certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail  it
 OR  HAVE  IT ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED to the owner. If the outstanding
 certificate of title is not delivered  to  the  commissioner,  he  shall
 demand it from the holder thereof.
   § 6. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 2119 of the vehicle and traf-
 fic  law,  as  added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, are amended to
 read as follows:
   (b) The lienholder shall, immediately after the  owner  complies  with
 subdivision (a), cause the certificate, application and the required fee
 to be mailed, ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED or delivered to the commission-
 er.
   (c)  Upon  receipt  of  the  certificate of title, application and the
 required fee, the commissioner shall either endorse on the  certificate,
 or  issue  a new certificate containing, the name and address of the new
 lienholder, and mail OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT the certificate  to  the
 owner.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.