N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 398-a: Statement of purpose

§ 398-a. Statement of purpose. The purposes of this article are to

further highway safety by promoting the proper and efficient repair of

malfunctioning or disabled motor vehicles and to protect the consumers

of this state from dishonest, deceptive and fraudulent practices in the

repair of such motor vehicles. These purposes will be accomplished by

the enactment of legislation which require the registration of those

engaged in the business of repairing malfunctioning or disabled motor

vehicles and to exclude from that business those persons who engage in

dishonest or fraudulent practice or who otherwise demonstrate unfitness

for that business. That further, the purpose of this article is to

protect the motoring public from improper repairs made to its vehicles

to set standards for quality repairs to be made to motor vehicles for

fair and reasonable fees and to eliminate unqualified automotive repair

shops from engaging in the business of automotive repair to

malfunctioning or disabled vehicles.