What's happening
This bill allows certain vehicle owners in New York to register their vehicles for less than a year with prorated fees.
Why it matters
Provides flexibility for owners of certain vehicles. (like motorcycles, recreational vehicles, and farm vehicles under 10,000 pounds) who may only use them part of the year, potentially lowering costs for those who don't need year-round registration.
Introduces a prorated fee system. , so that registrants only pay for the months they actually use the vehicle, making registration costs more equitable for seasonal or occasional vehicle use.
May encourage legal compliance. , as people who previously risked driving unregistered vehicles during short periods might now find it easier and more affordable to register them legally for just the months needed.
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Seasonal Car Registration Option
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- Referred to transportation
- Held for consideration in transportation
- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4857
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to seasonal registration
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
d. Upon filing of an application on a form prescribed by the commissioner, the owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle, recreational motor vehicle, motorcycle, truck or farm vehicle which has a gross vehicle weight of ten thousand pounds or less may register the vehicle with the department for a period of successive months of less than one year. The applicant shall specify the period of months during which the vehicle shall be registered, and the fee for such registration shall be prorated on a monthly basis. Upon receipt of all appropriate fees and applications, the commissioner shall issue a seasonal registration that shall expire on the last day of the expiration month chosen by the registrant.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however that the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles is hereby authorized to promulgate all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04744-01-7
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