Towing; vehicles with expired registration, civil penalty.

Towing; vehicles with expired registration;civil penalty. Requires a landlord that owns the parking lotof a multifamily dwelling unit, defined in the bill, to provide 48hours' notice to a resident prior to removing or requesting the removalof a resident's vehicle, defined in the bill, from such parking lotof the multifamily dwelling unit for an expired registration or expiredvehicle inspection sticker and to provide a copy of such notice to any towing operator with whom the landlord has contracted to enforcetowing in such parking lot. The bill provides that if a landlordfails to provide such notice or does not wait the required 48 hoursbefore removing or requesting the removal of the vehicle, he shallbe subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $250. The bill also prohibitstowing operators, having such notice, from towing such vehicle untilafter the 48 hours have passed.