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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8190A
SPONSOR: Magnarelli TITLE OF BILL:
An act directing the commissioner of motor vehicles to conduct a study
of official inspection stations, safety inspections and fees
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Requires the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct a study on the
appropriate fees and subjects of the annual motor vehicle safety and
emissions inspection.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Directs the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles. ("DMV") to
conduct a study on updating the standards and fees for the annual motor
vehicle safety and emissions inspection in NY.
Section 2: Gives the DMV 1-year after becoming law to complete the
study. The DMV must submit the report to the Assembly and Senate.
Section 3: Establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
New York State requires motor vehicles to undergo an annual safety and
emissions inspection to ensure the vehicle is safe and not excessively
polluting the environment. The fees for inspection range between $6 and
$27 depending on the vehicle. These fees have not changed in over a
decade and led to concerns from inspection stations that it is not
in-line with their current costs. Additionally, as motor vehicles become
more sophisticated there may be a need to reevaluate the items that are
required in such inspections to ensure safety and reduce emissions. This
study will help the DMV to evaluate what fee levels are appropriate and
if changes are needed to the inspection list.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
30 days after it becomes law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8190--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 27, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Trans-
portation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
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 Assem-bly, 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.
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