Bill Text: NY S06677 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the cost or estimated cost of repairs for any motor vehicle damaged in such accident, or if a motor vehicle involved in such accident incurred no damage then a notation of such fact to be included in accident reports and for such information to be disclosed in reports made by motor vehicle condition reporting agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06677 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06677-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6677

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law  and  the  general  business
          law, in relation to required accident damage reporting

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 604 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 604. Reports;  contents; preparation; distribution; filing.  Reports
     4  of accidents required under the preceding section, or  under  the  rules
     5  and regulations of the commissioner, shall be upon forms prepared by him
     6  and  contain  such information as he shall prescribe; provided, however,
     7  such information shall at a minimum include the cost or  estimated  cost
     8  of repairs for any motor vehicle damaged in such accident, or if a motor
     9  vehicle  involved in such accident incurred no damage then a notation of
    10  such fact.  Blank forms for such reports shall be printed by the commis-
    11  sioner and a supply sent to all city, town and village clerks and to the
    12  chief officer of every city police department for  general  distribution
    13  and  use  as  herein  provided. Reports of accidents, required under the
    14  preceding section, shall be sent to and filed with the  commissioner  at
    15  the  main  office of the bureau of motor vehicles in the city of Albany,
    16  except as otherwise provided by the rules and regulations of the commis-
    17  sioner.
    18    § 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    19  607 to read as follows:
    20    §  607.  Disclosure  to motor vehicle condition reporting agencies. 1.
    21  The commissioner shall make any information  regarding  damage  and  the
    22  cost  or  estimated  cost  of  repairs  of such damage or lack of damage
    23  incurred by motor vehicles reported pursuant to the provisions  of  this
    24  article available to motor vehicle condition reporting agencies.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11140-01-3
        S. 6677                             2

     1    2.  As used in this section, the term "motor vehicle condition report-
     2  ing agency" shall have the same meaning  as  such  term  is  defined  in
     3  section three hundred ninety-nine-vv of the general business law.
     4    §  3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-
     5  vv to read as follows:
     6    § 399-vv. Motor vehicle condition reporting agencies. 1.  As  used  in
     7  this  section, the term "motor vehicle condition reporting agency" means
     8  any person who, for monetary fees, dues, or on a  cooperative  nonprofit
     9  basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembl-
    10  ing  or  evaluating  motor vehicle maintenance and condition information
    11  for the purpose of furnishing reports on the maintenance  and  condition
    12  of a motor vehicle to third parties.
    13    2.  Every  report  by a motor vehicle condition reporting agency which
    14  includes information regarding an accident  a  motor  vehicle  has  been
    15  involved  in shall include the cost or estimated cost of repairs for any
    16  damage incurred by such vehicle as a result of such accident, or  if  no
    17  damage  was incurred by the motor vehicle as a result of such accident a
    18  notation of such fact.
    19    § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    20  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    21  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    22  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    23  on or before such effective date.