BILL NUMBER: S1107
SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to the intentional
removal of identification markers from commercial motor vehicles in the
city of New York
 
PURPOSE:
This bill provides a penalty for commercial vehicles that may inten-
tionally remove identification makers, such as registration stickers,
license plates, and VIN numbers in order to attempt to evade ticketing
for underlying offenses, such as illegal parking.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation-which applies only to commercial vehicles in New York
City-amends the Transportation Law to prohibit the removal of identifi-
cation makers, such as registration stickers, license plates, and VIN
numbers in order to attempt to evade ticketing for underlying offenses,
such as illegal parking. A violation of this new prohibition would carry
a fine of $200-$1000.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The current penalties concerning the illegal parking of commercial vehi-
cles in New York City are not a sufficient deterrent to cease the prac-
tice. In certain areas of Queens, tractor-trailers line up on whole
streets for days on end causing issues with respect to public safety,
quality of life and the ability of residents to find parking for their
own automobiles. Furthermore, attempts to evade enforcement are preva-
lent with many truck drivers removing all identifying information-such
as registration stickers, license plates, and VIN numbers from their
vehicles so that tickets and towing on original violations cannot
proceed. This legislation will punish the act of evasion and hopefully
return the streets within our neighborhoods and communities to normalcy.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2022: S3158
New Bill: May of 2018-S.8429; Referred to Transportation.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State or City.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.