File #: Int 0987-2023    Version: * Name: Prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle with fraudulent or expired license plates.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 4/11/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle with fraudulent or expired license plates
Sponsors: Oswald Feliz, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Keith Powers , Kalman Yeger , Julie Menin, Lynn C. Schulman, James F. Gennaro, Lincoln Restler, Kamillah Hanks, Ari Kagan, Pierina Ana Sanchez, Justin L. Brannan, Eric Dinowitz, Farah N. Louis, Crystal Hudson, Mercedes Narcisse, Carlina Rivera , Sandra Ung, Gale A. Brewer, Shaun Abreu, Shekar Krishnan, Althea V. Stevens, Julie Won, Linda Lee, Marjorie Velázquez, Alexa Avilés, Chi A. Ossé, Diana I. Ayala, Amanda Farías, Sandy Nurse, Inna Vernikov, Joann Ariola , Joseph C. Borelli, Vickie Paladino, (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough Presiden, (in conjunction with the Bronx Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 35
Summary: This bill would make it unlawful to operate a motor vehicle with a fraudulent license plate, including a fraudulent temporary license plate, or an expired license plate, including an expired temporary license plate, and would set civil penalties for such violations. It would also set a 10 business day cure period for the violation of operating a motor vehicle with an expired license plate, including an expired temporary license plate.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 987, 2. Int. No. 987, 3. April 11, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-11-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 11, 2023, 6. Committee Report 6/26/23, 7. Hearing Testimony 6/26/23, 8. Hearing Transcript 6/26/23

Int. No. 987

 

By Council Members Feliz, Brooks-Powers, Salamanca, Powers, Yeger, Menin, Schulman, Gennaro, Restler, Hanks, Kagan, Sanchez, Brannan, Dinowitz, Louis, Hudson, Narcisse, Rivera, Ung, Brewer, Abreu, Krishnan, Stevens, Won, Lee, Velázquez, Avilés, Ossé, Ayala, Farías, Nurse, Vernikov, Ariola, Borelli and Paladino (in conjunction with the Brooklyn and Bronx Borough Presidents)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle with fraudulent or expired license plates

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-182.1 to read as follows:

§ 10-182.1 Unlawful operation of a motor vehicle with a fraudulent or expired license plate. a. It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle with a fraudulent license plate, including a fraudulent temporary license plate.

b. It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle with an expired license plate, including an expired temporary license plate.

c. Civil penalty. 1. Any person who violates subdivision a of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $500 for the first violation and not less than $1,000 for each subsequent violation.

2. Any person who violates subdivision b of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $300 for the first violation and not less than $500 for each subsequent violation, except that a person shall not be subject to such civil penalty if such person proves within 10 business days of the issuance of the notice of violation and prior to the commencement of an adjudication of such notice, that the violation has been cured.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 45 days after it becomes law.

 

 

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LS #11624

2/28/23