Requires an official inspection station to post a sign or poster informing customers that it is not authorized to inspect certain vehicles

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Rachel May says this is needed

The 2018 Schoharie crash tragically highlighted failings in the limou- sine industry. The legislature swiftly responded after the accident with the enactment of laws to prevent future tragedies; however, there are still gaps that need to be addressed. A 2020 report on the crash by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that in 2016 and 2018, Prestige Limousine, the operator of the limousine, brought the vehicle in for inspection to a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) inspection station. On both occasions, inspections were conducted by the DMV stations, in violation of state regulations which require limousines to instead be inspected by the Department of Transportation (DOT). DMV inspections are required annually, while vehi- cles falling under the purview of the DOT must be inspected every six months. This legislation will require all DMV inspection stations to post a notice in their establishments stating that they are not authorized to inspect any altered motor vehicles, unless the registrant presents a DOT - - exemption letter. Otherwise, such vehicles shall report to a DOT site for inspection. Requiring this notice will prevent oversights by inspection stations and will help to ensure that a tragedy like the Schoharie crash does not happen ever again.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.