S 3103: 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.
The commissioner of motor vehicles is required to conduct a study on official inspection stations, safety inspections, and fees. The study will review and examine the requirements of motor vehicle and motorcycle safety inspections to ensure operational safety. The study will also investigate whether additional inspection items should be included, modify existing inspection items, examine the maximum fee that can be charged by an official inspection station, and assess whether the fee is sufficient to balance the cost of safety inspections. The study's findings and recommendations will be submitted to the governor, the state legislature, and relevant committee chairs within one year of the study's completion. The study's results will help inform future changes to the inspection process and fees.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3103 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation 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. LBD01108-01-5