Bill Text: NY S01623 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that new passenger-type motor vehicles manufactured for sale in New York state on or after January 1, 2020 shall be offered for sale with a spare tire and jack.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-29 - PRINT NUMBER 1623A [S01623 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01623-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 1623                                                   A. 962
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    January 10, 2017
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        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Consumer
          Protection
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
        AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to providing that
          new passenger-type motor vehicles shall be offered  for  sale  with  a
          spare tire and jack
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  198-d to read as follows:
     3    § 198-d. Spare tire and jack required. (a)  Every  new  passenger-type
     4  motor  vehicle,  except  a motorcycle, manufactured for sale in New York
     5  state on or after January first, two thousand eighteen shall be  offered
     6  for sale with a spare tire and jack. For purposes of this section:
     7    (1) "passenger-type motor vehicle" shall mean any motor vehicle with a
     8  seating capacity of not more than eight adults;
     9    (2)  "spare  tire"  shall mean a tire mounted on a wheel and inflated,
    10  which is either attached to the outside of the motor vehicle  or  stowed
    11  in  a compartment within such motor vehicle. A spare tire may be a full-
    12  size tire or a temporary tire, commonly referred to as a "donut"; and
    13    (3) "jack" shall mean a device capable of raising or lifting  a  motor
    14  vehicle for the purpose of changing any tire on such motor vehicle.
    15    (b) Any violation of the provisions of this section by any manufactur-
    16  er of motor vehicles shall constitute an offense and shall be punishable
    17  by  a  civil  fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each
    18  offense.
    19    (c) Any buyer of a motor vehicle that is subject to the provisions  of
    20  this  section  may waive the requirement set forth in subdivision (a) of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 1623                             2                             A. 962
     1  this section, provided that the waiver is made in writing and a copy  of
     2  such waiver containing the buyer's signature is provided to such buyer.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.