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NY S04522
Bill
Status
6/12/2019
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Gounardes
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AI Summary
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Establishes a definition of "wrongful towing" in New York Vehicle and Traffic Law including: towing for previously satisfied or wrongfully imposed parking violations; towing while a violation is being contested; towing based on inaccurate scofflaw designations; towing when a vehicle was legally parked; or towing based on false claims that a vehicle was unlicensed, uninsured, or unregistered.
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Creates a right to expedited review before a panel of three administrative law judges for persons whose vehicles are wrongfully towed in cities with over one million residents.
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Empowers the administrative law judge panel to compel production of records and evidence, correct bureau records to prevent future demands for wrongfully imposed fines, and order refunds of towing fees up to $150 in out-of-pocket expenses including lost wages.
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Doubles the required payment amount for out-of-pocket expenses if the parking violations bureau fails to make payment within thirty days of the panel's directive, and doubles compensation if a vehicle is wrongfully towed a second or subsequent time for the same reason.
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Expands the existing complaint unit procedures under Vehicle and Traffic Law section 241-a to address wrongful towing complaints and takes effect November 1st of the year following enactment.
Legislative Description
Provides recourse for a person whose vehicle was wrongfully towed in a city with a population of one million or more against the parking violations bureau in such city or the responsible agent of such bureau by granting such person the right to appear before a panel of administrative law judges which shall be empowered to order the correction of records, the refund of any fee paid to release the wrongfully towed vehicle and the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses, including lost wages; defines the term "wrongful tow."
Last Action
COMMITTED TO RULES
12/28/2020