NY State Senate Bill 2023-S9174B

Senate Bill S9174B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that vehicle manufacturers and/or dealers terminate an individual's access to remote vehicle technology upon request by domestic violence victims

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Current Bill Status Via A9616 - Delivered to Governor

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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Dec 12, 2024	delivered to governor
Jun 07, 2024	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1779 substituted for s9174b
Jun 07, 2024	substituted by a9616c
Jun 05, 2024	ordered to third reading cal.1779 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 03, 2024	print number 9174b
Jun 03, 2024	amend and recommit to consumer protection
May 24, 2024	print number 9174a
May 24, 2024	amend and recommit to consumer protection
May 02, 2024	referred to consumer protection

Votes

- Jun 7, 2024 - Floor Vote
  A9616
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2024
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Felder
      
      Walczyk
      
      The following Member(s) participated via videoconferencing: Cooney
  Jun 5, 2024 - Rules Committee Vote
  S9174B
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  4
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 5, 2024
      
      aye (16)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (4)
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      O'Mara
      
      Stec

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2023-S9174 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9616
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-ccccc, Gen Bus L

2023-S9174 - Summary

Requires that vehicle manufacturers and/or dealers terminate an individual's access to remote vehicle technology upon request by domestic violence victims who provide an order of protection and proof of ownership of a vehicle.

2023-S9174 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9174

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to remote vehicle
technology and domestic violence victims

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will protect survivors of domestic violence from poten-
tial stalking, harassment and violence by allowing them to terminate an
abusers access to their vehicle's tracking and remote technology.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one adds section 399-ccccc to the general business law.

Section two establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

After leaving a domestic violence situation, many survivors continue to
experience stalking, harassment, and threats of violence. As technology
has evolved, those tools have provided abusers new and startling ways to
monitor and harass survivors.

With the development of remote vehicle technology, cars can be started
and tracked and temperature settings can be adjusted from a cell phone
or computer. Survivors must now contend with a new form of harassment
and stalking. A New York Times piece from December 2023 included inter-
views with multiple survivors who experienced this, including a survivor
whose abuser stalked her using her cars GPS technology and a survivor
whose abuser harassed her by using her car's remote start technology.

Law enforcement has faced obstacles in protecting survivors from such
intrusions as access to this technology is often controlled by car
manufacturers. This legislation would require car manufacturers or deal-
ers to remove an abuser's access to remote vehicle technology when a
survivor with an order of protection makes the request and has proof of
ownership, at no cost to the survivor. This legislation also requires
that this information be accessible through the car manufacturer or
dealer's website.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S9174 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9174
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to remote vehicle
   technology and domestic violence victims
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-ccccc to read as follows:
   §  399-CCCCC. REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. 1.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY"
 SHALL MEAN ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS A PERSON WHO IS OUTSIDE OF A VEHI-
 CLE  TO TRACK THE LOCATION OF, OR CONTROL ANY OPERATION OF, THE VEHICLE,
 AND INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, A GLOBAL POSITIONING  SYSTEM  (GPS)
 THAT  TRACKS THE LOCATION OF THE VEHICLE OR AN APP-BASED TECHNOLOGY THAT
 CONTROLS ANY OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE.
   2. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER LOCATED IN THIS  STATE  SHALL,
 WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A REQUEST BY A DRIVER WHO MEETS
 THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF THIS SECTION, TERMINATE AN
 INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS TO REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.
   3. (A) A REQUEST BY A DRIVER THAT A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER
 TERMINATE AN INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS  TO  REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY  SHALL
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I)  PROOF OF SUCH DRIVER'S LEGAL POSSESSION OF A VEHICLE MANUFACTURED
 BY SUCH VEHICLE MANUFACTURER OR SOLD BY SUCH DEALER. SUCH PROOF  MAY  BE
 ESTABLISHED  BY  PROVIDING  A VEHICLE TITLE, A COURT ORDER AWARDING SOLE
 POSSESSION OR OWNERSHIP OF A VEHICLE TO SUCH DRIVER, OR SUCH OTHER PROOF
 AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (II) A CURRENT ORDER OF PROTECTION ESTABLISHING THAT SUCH DRIVER IS  A
 VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE AND NAMING THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE ACCESS IS
 SOUGHT TO BE TERMINATED.
   (B) A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOT REQUIRE A DRIVER TO
 PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A)  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14755-02-4

 S. 9174                             2
 
   4.  A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOTIFY A DRIVER SEEKING
 RELIEF UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, IN  CLEAR  AND  ACCESSIBLE
 LANGUAGE,  THAT  SUCH VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER MAY CONTACT THE
 DRIVER, OR THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DRIVER,  TO  CONFIRM  AN
 INDIVIDUAL'S  ACCESS  TO  THE  REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN TERMI-
 NATED.
   5. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL PROVIDE  A  NOTIFICATION
 INSIDE  OF  A  VEHICLE  THAT IS INSTALLED WITH REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
 THAT SHOWS IF THE REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED.
   6. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ON
 ITS  INTERNET  WEBSITE  AND  VEHICLE INTERNET APPLICATIONS, IN CLEAR AND
 ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE, ON THE PROCESS OF TERMINATING A PERSON'S ACCESS  TO
 REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   7.  A  VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL EMPLOY DEDICATED STAFF
 WHO ARE TRAUMA-INFORMED TO RECEIVE AND RESPOND TO REQUESTS MADE PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION.
   8. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOT CHARGE  A  DRIVER  A
 FEE  FOR  COMPLETING  A  REQUEST  TO TERMINATE REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S9174A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9616
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-ccccc, Gen Bus L

2023-S9174A - Summary

2023-S9174A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9174A

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to remote vehicle
technology and domestic violence victims

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will protect survivors of domestic violence from poten-
tial stalking, harassment, and violence by allowing them to terminate an
abuser's access to their vehicle's tracking and remote technology.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one adds section 399-ccccc to the General Business Law.

Section two establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

After leaving a domestic violence situation, many survivors continue to
experience stalking, harassment, and threats of violence. As technology
has evolved, those tools have provided abusers new and startling ways to
monitor and harass survivors.

With the development of remote vehicle technology, cars can be started
and tracked and temperature settings can be adjusted from a cell phone
or computer. Survivors must now contend with a new form of harassment
and stalking. A New York Times piece from December 2023 included inter-
views with multiple survivors who experienced this, including a survivor
whose abuser stalked her using her car's GPS technology and a survivor
whose abuser harassed her by using her car's remote start technology.

Law enforcement has faced obstacles in protecting survivors from such
intrusions as access to this technology is often controlled by car
manufacturers. This legislation would require car manufacturers or deal-
ers to remove an abuser's access to remote vehicle technology when a
survivor makes the request and has proof of ownership, at no cost to the
survivor. This legislation also requires that this information be acces-
sible through the car manufacturer or dealer's website.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S9174A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9174--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed  to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to remote vehicle
   technology and domestic violence victims

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-ccccc to read as follows:
   §  399-CCCCC. REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. 1.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY"
 SHALL MEAN ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS A PERSON WHO IS OUTSIDE OF A VEHI-
 CLE  TO TRACK THE LOCATION OF, OR CONTROL ANY OPERATION OF, THE VEHICLE,
 AND INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, A GLOBAL POSITIONING  SYSTEM  (GPS)
 THAT  TRACKS THE LOCATION OF THE VEHICLE OR AN APP-BASED TECHNOLOGY THAT
 CONTROLS ANY OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE.
   2. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER LOCATED IN THIS  STATE  SHALL,
 WITHIN  FIVE  BUSINESS  DAYS  AFTER  RECEIVING A REQUEST BY A DRIVER WHO
 MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS  SECTION,  TERMINATE
 AN INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS TO REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.
   3. (A) A REQUEST BY A DRIVER THAT A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER
 TERMINATE  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  ACCESS  TO  REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY SHALL
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I) PROOF OF SUCH DRIVER'S LEGAL POSSESSION OF A VEHICLE  MANUFACTURED
 BY  SUCH  VEHICLE MANUFACTURER OR SOLD BY SUCH DEALER. SUCH PROOF MAY BE
 ESTABLISHED BY PROVIDING A VEHICLE TITLE, A COURT  ORDER  AWARDING  SOLE
 POSSESSION  OR  OWNERSHIP OF A VEHICLE TO SUCH DRIVER, PROOF OF MARRIAGE
 OF THE DRIVER AND THE OWNER OF THE CAR AT THE TIME THE CAR WAS BOUGHT OR
 LEASED, OR SUCH OTHER PROOF AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (II) A WRITTEN ATTESTATION THAT THE PERSON MAKING SUCH  REQUEST  IS  A
 VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-
 NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14755-07-4

 S. 9174--A                          2
 
   (B) A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOT REQUIRE A DRIVER TO
 PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A)  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   4.  A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOTIFY A DRIVER SEEKING
 RELIEF UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, IN  CLEAR  AND  ACCESSIBLE
 LANGUAGE,  THAT  SUCH VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER MAY CONTACT THE
 DRIVER, OR THE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DRIVER,  TO  CONFIRM  AN
 INDIVIDUAL'S  ACCESS  TO  THE  REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN TERMI-
 NATED.
   5. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL PROVIDE  A  NOTIFICATION
 INSIDE  OF  A  VEHICLE  THAT IS INSTALLED WITH REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY
 THAT SHOWS IF THE REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED.
   6. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ON
 ITS  INTERNET  WEBSITE  AND  VEHICLE INTERNET APPLICATIONS, IN CLEAR AND
 ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE, ON THE PROCESS OF TERMINATING A PERSON'S ACCESS  TO
 REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   7.  A  VEHICLE  MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOT CHARGE A DRIVER A
 FEE FOR COMPLETING A REQUEST  TO  TERMINATE  REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   8. ANY VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE ASSESSED A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO
 EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2023-S9174B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9616
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add §399-ccccc, Gen Bus L

2023-S9174B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S9174B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9174B

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to remote vehicle
technology and domestic violence victims

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation will protect survivors of domestic violence from poten-
tial stalking, harassment, and violence by allowing them to terminate an
abuser's access to their vehicle's tracking and remote technology.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one adds section 399-ccccc to the General Business Law.

Section two establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

After leaving a domestic violence situation, many survivors continue to
experience stalking, harassment, and threats of violence. As technology
has evolved, those tools have provided abusers new and startling ways to
monitor and harass survivors.

With the development of remote vehicle technology, cars can be started
and tracked and temperature settings can be adjusted from a cell phone
or computer. Survivors must now contend with a new form of harassment
and stalking. A New York Times piece from December 2023 included inter-
views with multiple survivors who experienced this, including a survivor
whose abuser stalked her using her car's GPS technology and a survivor
whose abuser harassed her by using her car's remote start technology.

Law enforcement has faced obstacles in protecting survivors from such
intrusions as access to this technology is often controlled by car
manufacturers. This legislation would require car manufacturers or deal-
ers to remove an abuser's access to remote vehicle technology when a
survivor makes the request and has proof of ownership, at no cost to the
survivor. This legislation also requires that this information be acces-
sible through the car manufacturer or dealer's website.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S9174B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9174--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed  to  be  committed  to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to remote  vehicle
   technology and domestic violence victims
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-ccccc to read as follows:
   § 399-CCCCC. REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS.  1.
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY"
 SHALL MEAN ANY TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS A PERSON WHO IS OUTSIDE OF A VEHI-
 CLE TO TRACK THE LOCATION OF, OR CONTROL ANY OPERATION OF, THE  VEHICLE,
 AND  INCLUDES,  BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
 THAT TRACKS THE LOCATION OF THE VEHICLE OR AN APP-BASED TECHNOLOGY  THAT
 CONTROLS ANY OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE.
   2.  (A)  A  VEHICLE  MANUFACTURER  AND/OR DEALER LOCATED IN THIS STATE
 SHALL, WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER RECEIVING A REQUEST BY  A  DRIVER
 WHO  MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, TERMI-
 NATE AN INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS TO REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.
   (B) UPON A SHOWING THAT  TERMINATION  OF  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  ACCESS  TO
 REMOTE  TECHNOLOGY  IS  TECHNOLOGICALLY INFEASIBLE, SUCH MANUFACTURER OR
 DEALER SHALL NOTIFY A DRIVER SEEKING RELIEF OF SUCH  TECHNICAL  INFEASI-
 BILITY AND PROVIDE POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES.
   3. (A) A REQUEST BY A DRIVER THAT A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER
 TERMINATE  AN  INDIVIDUAL'S  ACCESS  TO  REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY SHALL
 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (I) PROOF OF SUCH DRIVER'S LEGAL POSSESSION OF A VEHICLE  MANUFACTURED
 BY  SUCH  VEHICLE MANUFACTURER OR SOLD BY SUCH DEALER. SUCH PROOF MAY BE
 ESTABLISHED BY PROVIDING A VEHICLE TITLE, A COURT  ORDER  AWARDING  SOLE
 POSSESSION  OR  OWNERSHIP OF A VEHICLE TO SUCH DRIVER, PROOF OF MARRIAGE
 OF THE DRIVER AND THE OWNER OF THE CAR AT THE TIME THE CAR WAS BOUGHT OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14755-09-4
 S. 9174--B                          2
 
 LEASED, OR SUCH OTHER PROOF AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES; AND
   (II)  A  WRITTEN  ATTESTATION THAT THE PERSON MAKING SUCH REQUEST IS A
 VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTY-
 NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   (B) A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOT REQUIRE A DRIVER TO
 PROVIDE  ANY INFORMATION OTHER THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   4. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOTIFY A DRIVER  SEEKING
 RELIEF  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF THIS SECTION, IN CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE
 LANGUAGE, THAT SUCH VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER MAY  CONTACT  THE
 DRIVER,  OR  THE  DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DRIVER, TO CONFIRM AN
 INDIVIDUAL'S ACCESS TO THE REMOTE VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY  HAS  BEEN  TERMI-
 NATED.
   5.  A  VEHICLE  MANUFACTURER  AND/OR DEALER SHALL, ABSENT A SHOWING OF
 TECHNOLOGICAL INFEASIBILITY, PROVIDE A NOTIFICATION INSIDE OF A  VEHICLE
 THAT  IS  INSTALLED  WITH  REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY THAT SHOWS IF THE
 REMOTE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY IS BEING USED.
   6. A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ON
 ITS  INTERNET  WEBSITE  AND  VEHICLE INTERNET APPLICATIONS, IN CLEAR AND
 ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE, ON THE PROCESS OF TERMINATING A PERSON'S ACCESS  TO
 REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   7.  A  VEHICLE  MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER SHALL NOT CHARGE A DRIVER A
 FEE FOR COMPLETING A REQUEST  TO  TERMINATE  REMOTE  VEHICLE  TECHNOLOGY
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   8. ANY VEHICLE MANUFACTURER AND/OR DEALER WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE ASSESSED A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO
 EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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