STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8726--A IN SENATE March 4, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, SEPULVEDA, PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee 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 abandoned vehicles The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1224 of the vehi- 2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 795 of the laws of 1974, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) with no number plates affixed thereto, for more than [six] three 5 hours on any highway or other public place; 6 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 1224 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 7 amended by chapter 540 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 2. If an abandoned vehicle, at the time of abandonment, has no number 10 plates affixed and is of a wholesale value, taking into consideration 11 the condition of the vehicle, of [one] five thousand [two hundred fifty] 12 dollars or less, ownership shall immediately vest in the local authority 13 having jurisdiction thereof and title to the vehicle shall vest in 14 accordance with applicable law and regulations of the commissioner, 15 provided however that a local authority shall not be required to obtain 16 title to an abandoned vehicle that is subject to the provisions of this 17 subdivision if the vehicle will be sold or otherwise disposed of as junk 18 or salvage, dismantled for use other than as a motor vehicle, or other- 19 wise destroyed. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 21 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14319-02-4