File #: Int 1151-2024    Version: * Name: Establishing a program that transfers liability for certain engine idling violations to lessees of vehicles.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
On agenda: 12/19/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a program that transfers liability for certain engine idling violations to lessees of vehicles
Sponsors: James F. Gennaro
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to establish a program that would allow lessors of motor vehicles to transfer the liability for certain engine idling violations to lessees.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1151, 2. Int. No. 1151, 3. Committee Report 12/17/24, 4. December 19, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1151

 

By Council Member Gennaro

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a program that transfers liability for certain engine idling violations to lessees of vehicles

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subchapter 9 of chapter 1 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-184 to read as follows:

§ 24-184 Vehicle lessee liability. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Lessee. The term “lessee” means any person that rents, bails, leases or contracts for the use of one or more vehicles and has the exclusive use thereof for any period of time.

Lessor. The term “lessor” means any person engaged in the business of renting or leasing vehicles to any lessee under a rental agreement, lease or otherwise, pursuant to which the lessee has the exclusive use of the vehicle for any period of time.

b. No later than 1 year after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the commissioner shall establish by rule a program that (i) permits a lessor to register vehicles used by lessees and (ii) for vehicles registered in the program, transfers liability for a violation of section 24-163 to the lessee if the lessor identifies the lessee who had use of the vehicle at the time of the violation. The commissioner may set a fee for participation in such program.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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