STATE OF NEW YORK
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7351--A
IN SENATE
January 9, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- 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 to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the removal
of all distinctive markings and affixed lights from a police vehicle
prior to decommissioning and sale
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 21-a of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 112 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 21-a. In any case where a New York state police or New York city,
5 Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse or Yonkers police department vehi-
6 cle is painted a distinctive color which would designate it in the
7 public's view as such a state or city police vehicle, the purchaser of
8 such vehicle shall cause the color of its paint to be altered [and any
9 designated markings to be removed] within fifteen days of registration.
10 § 2. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
11 new subdivision 52 to read as follows:
12 52. No police vehicle owned by the state, a public authority, a coun-
13 ty, town, city or village shall be sold unless, prior to such sale, such
14 vehicle is decommissioned and any distinctive markings and affixed
15 lights which would designate it in the public's view as such a police
16 vehicle have been removed. The commissioner of the division of criminal
17 justice services, in consultation with the commissioner, shall promul-
18 gate rules and regulations determining the specifications for decommis-
19 sioning police vehicles and for the removal of such distinctive markings
20 and affixed lights prior to sale.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
22 it shall have become a law and shall apply to all police vehicles sold
23 on and after such date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
24 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
25 of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
26 and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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