Int. No. 787
By Council Members Garodnick, Comrie, Dromm, Eugene, Ferreras, James, Mealy, Rose, Williams, Mark-Viverito, Palma, Rodriguez and Halloran
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring secondhand automobile dealers to keep electronic records of purchases and sales.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions c and d of section 20-273 of subchapter eleven of chapter two of title twenty of the New York city administrative code are amended to read as follows:
c. In the case of a sale or other disposal of a motor vehicle, motor cycle or motor thereof, the licensee shall, in addition to any other entry required, enter in a permanent record the manner in which said motor vehicle, motor cycle or motor was removed from the premises, giving the name and address of the person who removes it and the motor vehicle registration number of any vehicle used to tow, remove or transport such motor vehicle, motor cycle or motor. In addition to the book required by subdivision a of this section, such record shall be maintained in electronic form.
d. Such book and electronic records, at all reasonable times, shall be open to the inspection of any police officer, to the commissioner or departmental inspector, or any judge of the criminal court, or any person duly authorized in writing for such purposes by the commissioner or by any judge of the criminal court, who shall exhibit such written authority to the dealer.
ยง 2. This local law shall take effect one hundred twenty days after it shall have been enacted into law; provided that the commissioner and the commissioner of the department of transportation may take any actions necessary prior to such effective date for the implementation of this local law including, but not limited to, promulgating rules.
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LS 3153
1/25/12