NY State Senate Bill 2023-S9436A

Senate Bill S9436A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study of official inspection stations, safety inspections and fees

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 28, 2024	print number 9436a
May 28, 2024	amend and recommit to transportation
May 15, 2024	referred to transportation

Bill Amendments

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2023-S9436 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8190
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic

2023-S9436 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study to examine and update the requirements of safety inspections conducted to ensure the operational safety of all motor vehicles; requires a report; makes related provisions.

2023-S9436 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9436

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act directing the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study
of official inspection stations, safety inspections and fees

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Requires the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct a study on the
appropriate fees and subjects of the annual motor vehicle safety and
emissions inspection.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Directs the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV") to
conduct a study on updating the standards and fees for the annual motor
vehicle safety and emissions inspection in NY. The DMV shall include
representatives of the State's inspection stations, the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and other relevant vehicle safety organ-
izations.

Section 2: Gives the DMV 1-year after becoming law to complete the
study. The DMV must submit the report to the Assembly and Senate.

Section 3: Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York State requires motor vehicles to undergo an annual safety and
emissions inspection to ensure the vehicle is safe and not excessively
polluting the environment. The fees for inspection range between $6 and
$27 depending on the vehicle. These fees have not changed in over a
decade and led to concerns from inspection stations that it is not
in-line with their current costs. Additionally, as motor vehicles become
more sophisticated there may be a need to reevaluate the items that are
required in such inspections to ensure safety and reduce emissions.-This
study will help the DMV to evaluate what fee levels are appropriate and
if changes are needed to the inspection list.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
30 days after it becomes law.

2023-S9436 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9436
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT directing the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct  a  study
   of official inspection stations, safety inspections and fees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall conduct a study to
 examine and update the requirements of safety inspections  conducted  on
 motorcycles,  gasoline,  zero emissions and alternative fuel vehicles to
 ensure safety and reliability particularly as it relates to new technol-
 ogies and to determine whether additional  inspection  items  should  be
 included.  Such study shall also examine the sufficiency of the official
 inspection industry fees for state mandated motorcycle and vehicle safe-
 ty inspections. Such study shall  include  consultation  with  represen-
 tatives  of  official  inspection stations, the National Highway Traffic
 Safety Administration, and other relevant national vehicle safety organ-
 izations.
   § 2. Upon completion of this study, but no later than  365  days  next
 succeeding  the  date  on  which  this  act shall have become a law, the
 commissioner of motor vehicles shall submit a report based on the  find-
 ings  of  such  study  to  the  governor, the temporary president of the
 senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the  senate,
 the minority leader of the assembly, the chair of the senate transporta-
 tion  committee,  and the chair of the assembly transportation committee
 which shall include, but not be limited to,  the findings of  the  study
 as well as recommendations for statutory or regulatory changes.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13336-01-3

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2023-S9436A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8190
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic

2023-S9436A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S9436A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9436A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9436--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT directing the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct  a  study
   of official inspection stations, safety inspections and fees

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall conduct a study to
 review and examine the requirements  of  motor  vehicle  and  motorcycle
 safety  inspections conducted pursuant to section 301 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, to ensure the operational safety  of  such  vehicles.  Such
 study  shall  include,  but  shall  not be limited to, an examination of
 whether  additional  inspection  items  should  be   included,   whether
 inspection  items  should be modified, an examination of the maximum fee
 that the commissioner authorizes to be charged by an official inspection
 station, and the sufficiency of such fee in balancing the cost  of  such
 safety inspections to both consumers and official inspection stations.
   §  2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
 commissioner of motor vehicles shall submit a report of such study  with
 the  commissioner's  findings  and  recommendations to the governor, the
 temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
 minority  leader of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the
 chair of the senate transportation  committee,  and  the  chair  of  the
 assembly transportation committee.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13336-05-4

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