New York Assembly Bill A01740 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1740--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to inspection of motor vehicle muffler and exhaust systems The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c) of 2 section 301 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 444 of 3 the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) A safety inspection shall be made with respect to the brakes; 5 steering mechanism; wheel alignment; lights, including but not limited 6 to the lights which are designed and placed on a vehicle for the purpose 7 of illuminating the vehicle's license plates; odometer; tire pressure; 8 seat safety belts; shoulder harness safety belts; any window which is 9 composed of, covered by or treated with any material which has a light 10 transmittance of less than seventy percent pursuant to section three 11 hundred seventy-five of this title; muffler or exhaust system pursuant 12 to subdivision thirty-one of section three hundred seventy-five of this 13 title and the maximum allowable sound levels as set forth in section 14 three hundred eighty-six of this title, provided that the commissioner 15 shall promulgate regulations regarding the relative basis for testing 16 such levels at inspection stations and such other mechanisms and equip- 17 ment as shall be determined by the commissioner to be necessary for 18 proper and safe operations. Such inspection shall also be made with 19 respect to vehicle identification number. Upon inspection, the mileage 20 appearing on the odometer shall be recorded upon the inspection sticker. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after is shall have become a 22 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00904-02-3