What's happening
This bill exempts farm vehicles from the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration fee in New York.
Why it matters
Reduces operating costs for farmers. by removing a supplemental registration fee specifically for farm vehicles, potentially making it more affordable to maintain and register agricultural equipment.
Acknowledges the unique, often non-commuting use of farm vehicles. within the metropolitan commuter transportation district, distinguishing them from regular vehicles that primarily contribute to commuter traffic and related infrastructure wear.
Could help small and family farms. by lowering financial barriers, supporting local agriculture, and potentially encouraging continued or expanded farming activities within the affected district.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
End Farm Vehicle Registration Fees
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–3
- Ordered to third reading cal.1709
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–2
- Ordered to third reading cal.1443
Show 2 earlier actions
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
End Farm Vehicle MTA Fees
In Assembly Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
Full text
2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
3248
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 20, 2017
Introduced by Sens. LARKIN, CROCI, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to metropolitan commuter transportation district registration fee exemptions for farm vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
§ 499-a. Metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration fee. Registrants residing in the metropolitan commuter transportation district shall, upon the registration or renewal of a motor vehicle, be charged a supplemental registration fee to be paid to the commissioner or his or her agent in accordance with the provisions of this article. A registrant shall not be charged a fee for the registration or renewal of a farm vehicle registered pursuant to subdivision thirteen of section four hundred one of this title.
§ 2. Section 499-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
§ 499-b. Collection of supplemental fee. All registrants of motor vehicles who reside in the metropolitan commuter transportation district shall pay to the commissioner or his or her agent the supplemental registration fee provided for in this article upon registration or renewal of motor vehicles subject to registration fees pursuant to the following sections of this chapter: paragraph a of subdivision six of section four hundred one; schedules A, B, C, E, F, G, I and K of subdivision seven of section four hundred one; paragraph a of subdivision eight of section four hundred one; paragraph a of subdivision five of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02594-01-7
S. 3248 2
section four hundred ten; and section four hundred eleven-b. A registrant shall not pay to the commissioner or his or her agent a fee upon registration or renewal of farm vehicles registered pursuant to subdivision thirteen of section four hundred one of this title.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to metropolitan commuter transportation district registration fee exemptions for farm vehicles
Purpose
To remove the requirement that farm vehicles pay the metropolitan commuter transportation district (MCTD) supplemental registration fee.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law to state that registrants of farm vehicles shall not be charged the MTA supplemental registration fee.
Section two amends section 499-b of the vehicle and traffic law to state that registrants of farm vehicles shall not pay the MTA supplemental registration fee.
Section three provides the effective date.
Justification
Currently, registrants of farm vehicles who reside in the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District (City of New York and the Counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester) must pay to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles a supplemental registration fee.
According to State law, farm vehicles are only allowed to travel between points within New York State on public highways connecting portions of a farm or farms, municipal sanitary landfills and licensed motor vehicle repair shops, and may travel only by the most direct route, but in no event further than 25 miles one-way. However, despite these tight restrictions, farm vehicles must pay the supplemental fee like any other registered vehicle in the MCTD.
This fee places an undue burden on our downstate farmers, who by virtue of where they live must pay the supplemental fee, though they receive no supplemental services.
Legislative history
2015-16: A811 A Referred to Corporations/S2212A Passed Senate 2013-14: A8598 Referred to Corporations/S6503 Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
Minimal to state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.