Int. No. 1280-B
By Council Members Deutsch, Vacca, Cabrera, Cohen, Constantinides, Crowley, Espinal, Koo, Koslowitz, Lancman, Levine, Maisel, Mealy, Palma, Treyger, Grodenchik, Salamanca, Chin, Kallos, Gibson, Cumbo, Borelli, Ulrich, Reynoso, Cornegy, Ferreras-Copeland, Gentile, Miller, Dromm, Wills, Torres, Richards, Williams, Johnson, Menchaca, Levin, Van Bramer and Barron
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to share collision reports digitally
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-167 to read as follows:
§ l4-167. Collision reports.
a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Collision report. The term “collision report” means the report prepared by an employee of the department relating to the facts of an automobile collision pursuant to section 603 of the vehicle and traffic law.
Interested party. The term “interested party” means an individual named on a collision report who has provided their driver’s license number, date of birth, license plate number, and license plate state of issuance to an employee of the department preparing a collision report.
b. Sharing collision reports. A collision report shall be made available online to an interested party through a single web portal located on the department’s website.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law.
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2/15/17