What's happening
This bill exempts farm vehicles from the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration fee in New York.
Why it matters
Reduces financial burden for farmers. by eliminating the supplemental registration fee on farm vehicles, which can help lower overall operating costs for agricultural businesses in the affected region.
Supports local agriculture. by making it less expensive for farmers to register vehicles necessary for farming operations, potentially encouraging continued or expanded agricultural activity in areas within the metropolitan commuter transportation district.
Addresses fairness in fee collection. by recognizing that farm vehicles are generally not used for commuting or regular metropolitan transportation, and thus should not be subject to a fee aimed at metropolitan commuters.
May set a precedent for other exemptions. by establishing the principle that certain vehicle types serving essential, non-commuter roles can be excluded from transportation-related surcharges, possibly influencing future legislative decisions around transportation fees.
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End Farm Vehicle MTA Fees
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 39
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to transportation
- 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.
Waive Farm Vehicle Fees
In Assembly Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1651
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2019
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 section four hundred ten; and section four hundred eleven-b. A regis-
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trant 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.
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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 or general idea of bill
To remove the requirement that farm vehicles pay the metropolitan commu- ter transportation district (MCTD) supplemental registration fee.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law to state that registrants of farm vehicles shall not be charged the MTA supple- mental registration fee.
Section 2: 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 3: 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 registra- tion 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.
Prior legislative history
2013-14: A8598 Referred to Corporations/S6503 Passed Senate 2015-16: A811A Referred to Corporations/S2212A Passed Senate 2017 - A649 Referred to Corporations, Authorities and Commissions / S3248 Passed Senate 2018 - A649 Referred to Corporations, Authorities and Commissions / S3248 Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
Minimal to the state
Effective date
This act takes effect immediately.
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