New York Senate Bill S09492 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9492  IN SENATE May 16, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COONEY, FERNANDEZ -- 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, in relation to providing for the electronic transmission of certain documents The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 2101 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (f) To "mail" means to deposit in the United States mail properly 5 addressed and with postage prepaid, or electronically transmitted. 6 § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 2107 of the vehicle and traffic law, 7 as added by chapter 521 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 (c) When the commissioner issues a certificate of title for a vehicle 10 as a result of an original application for a title or as a result of the 11 filing of a security interest, he shall also issue and mail or have 12 electronically transmitted to the lienholder or lienholders named in the 13 original application, or to the lienholder who filed the subsequent 14 security interest a notice of recorded lien. 15 § 3. Section 2109 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 16 1134 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows: 17 § 2109. Delivery. The certificate of title shall be mailed or elec- 18 tronically transmitted to the owner. 19 § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 2112 of the vehicle and traffic law, 20 as amended by chapter 175 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 (a) If a certificate of title is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed 23 or becomes illegible, the owner or legal representative of the owner 24 named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the commissioner, 25 shall promptly make application for and may obtain a duplicate upon 26 furnishing information satisfactory to the commissioner. Unless the 27 original certificate of title is surrendered to the commissioner, the 28 duplicate certificate of title shall contain the legend "This is a EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10414-01-3 
 S. 9492 2 1 duplicate certificate and may be subject to the rights of a person under 2 the original certificate." It shall be mailed or electronically trans- 3 mitted to the owner. 4 § 5. Subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 2117 of the vehicle and traf- 5 fic law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, are amended to 6 read as follows: 7 (a) The commissioner, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate 8 of title, with an application for a new certificate of title, the 9 required fee and any other documents required by law, shall check the 10 identifying number of the vehicle against the appropriate records of 11 vehicles required to be maintained, issue a new certificate of title in 12 the name of the transferee as owner and mail it or have it electron- 13 ically transmitted to the owner. 14 (b) The commissioner, upon receipt of an application for a new certif- 15 icate of title by a transferee other than by voluntary transfer, with 16 proof of the transfer, the required fee and any other documents required 17 by law, shall check the identifying number of the vehicle against the 18 appropriate records of vehicles required to be maintained, issue a new 19 certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it 20 or have it electronically transmitted to the owner. If the outstanding 21 certificate of title is not delivered to the commissioner, he shall 22 demand it from the holder thereof. 23 § 6. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 2119 of the vehicle and traf- 24 fic law, as added by chapter 1134 of the laws of 1971, are amended to 25 read as follows: 26 (b) The lienholder shall, immediately after the owner complies with 27 subdivision (a), cause the certificate, application and the required fee 28 to be mailed, electronically transmitted or delivered to the commission- 29 er. 30 (c) Upon receipt of the certificate of title, application and the 31 required fee, the commissioner shall either endorse on the certificate, 32 or issue a new certificate containing, the name and address of the new 33 lienholder, and mail or electronically transmit the certificate to the 34 owner. 35 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.