STATE OF NEW YORK
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468
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT directing the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study
of official inspection stations, safety inspections and fees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall conduct a study to
2 review and examine the requirements of motor vehicle and motorcycle
3 safety inspections conducted pursuant to section 301 of the vehicle and
4 traffic law, to ensure the operational safety of such vehicles. Such
5 study shall include, but shall not be limited to, an examination of
6 whether additional inspection items should be included, whether
7 inspection items should be modified, an examination of the maximum fee
8 that the commissioner authorizes to be charged by an official inspection
9 station, and the sufficiency of such fee in balancing the cost of such
10 safety inspections to both consumers and official inspection stations.
11 § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
12 commissioner of motor vehicles shall submit a report of such study with
13 the commissioner's findings and recommendations to the governor, the
14 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the
15 minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the
16 chair of the senate transportation committee, and the chair of the
17 assembly transportation committee.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
19 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01108-01-5
2025-A468 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a
study to examine and update the requirements of safety
inspections conducted to ensure the operational safety of
all motor vehicles; requires a report; makes related
provisions..