What's happening
This bill establishes a one-time $100 permanent registration fee for historical motor vehicles, replacing the current annual fee.
Why it matters
Reduces long-term costs for collectors. By switching from an annual fee to a one-time $100 charge, owners of historical vehicles will save money over time, making it more affordable to maintain and display classic cars.
Encourages preservation of automotive history. The lower, permanent fee may incentivize more people to keep and register older vehicles, supporting car clubs, exhibitions, and local heritage events.
Simplifies administrative processes. Permanent registration eliminates yearly renewals, reducing paperwork and administrative burdens for both vehicle owners and the DMV.
Clarifies eligibility for historical plates. The bill maintains clear definitions for what qualifies as a historic vehicle and preserves options for using era-appropriate license plates, supporting authenticity for collectors and enthusiasts.
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Who cares
Historical vehicle owners and collectors
The bill would replace the $28.75 annual registration fee with a $100 initial fee and keep the vehicle registered without further fees until it is sold or otherwise transferred.
Buyers of historical vehicles
A sale or other transfer would require a new registration and fee, rather than allowing the existing registration to continue.
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
The department would administer a registration system in which historical vehicles remain registered without additional fees until ownership changes.
Headline styles
End Annual Classic Car Fees
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2405
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to permanent registration of historical motor vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Schedule G of subdivision 7 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 25 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
G. Schedule for historical motor vehicles. For each motor vehicle which is owned and operated as an exhibition piece or collectors item, and is used for participation in club activities, exhibit, tours, parades, occasional transportation and similar uses, but not used for general daily transportation, [an annual] a fee of [twenty-eight] one hundred dollars [and seventy-five cents] upon initial registration of such vehicle. Such historical motor vehicle shall remain registered without the imposition of any other fee until such time as the vehicle is sold or otherwise transferred, at which time a new registration and fee shall be required. For purposes of this paragraph, a historical motor vehicle shall mean any vehicle manufactured more than twenty-five years prior to the current calendar year, and any other model, year and type vehicle which has unique characteristics and which is determined by the commissioner to be of historical, classic or exhibition value. Registration plates for such vehicles shall be of a type and design approved by the commissioner, but shall be of a distinctive nature. Except that, with the approval of the commissioner, an owner of any such vehicle may utilize registration plates issued in the year corresponding to the model year date in which the vehicle was manufactured, if the registration plate is legible, durable, and serviceable, of this state, and accurate in color, as determined by the department. Nothing in this
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paragraph shall be construed to prohibit the use of previously issued registration plates that have been restored, without deviation from their original alphanumeric or pictorial content, to such condition as otherwise satisfies all applicable requirements. Such plates shall be used only for the operation of the motor vehicle listed on the registration application and on other motor vehicles which would qualify for registration under this schedule owned by persons other than the registrant for the purpose of test driving by the registrant or his or her agent in anticipation of possible purchase. No such registration will be issued unless evidence of financial security, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, is submitted which provides coverage for the motor vehicle listed on the registration application and for non-owned motor vehicles being operated with such plates.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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