S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2689
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 21, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. REILICH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the regis-
tration of trailers used to transport vintage motor vehicles
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Schedule G of subdivision 7 of section 401 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by chapter 710 of the laws of 2004, is
amended to read as follows:
G. Schedule for historical motor vehicles AND TRAILERS. For each
motor vehicle OR TRAILER which is owned and operated as an exhibition
piece or collectors item, and is used for participation in club activ-
ities, exhibit, tours, parades, occasional transportation and similar
uses, but not used for general daily transportation, an annual fee of
twenty-three dollars. For purposes of this paragraph, a historical motor
vehicle OR TRAILER shall mean any vehicle OR TRAILER manufactured more
than twenty-five years prior to the current calendar year, and any other
model, year and type vehicle OR TRAILER which has unique characteristics
and which is determined by the commissioner to be of historical, classic
or exhibition value. Registration plates for such vehicles AND TRAILERS
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 commis-
sioner, an owner of any such vehicle OR TRAILER may utilize registration
plates issued in the year corresponding to the model year date in which
the vehicle OR TRAILER 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 paragraph shall be
construed to prohibit the use of previously issued registration plates
that have been restored, without deviation from their original alphanu-
meric or pictorial content, to such condition as otherwise satisfies all
applicable requirements. Such plates shall be used only for the opera-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04407-01-9
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tion of the motor vehicle OR TRAILER listed on the registration applica-
tion 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 antic-
ipation of possible purchase. No such registration will be issued unless
evidence of financial security, in a form prescribed by the commission-
er, 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. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS
OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS SECTION, THE OWNER OF A HISTORICAL MOTOR
VEHICLE MAY OBTAIN DISTINCTIVE REGISTRATION PLATES UNDER THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A HISTORICAL TRAILER WHICH SHALL BE USED TO
TRANSPORT SUCH HISTORICAL MOTOR VEHICLE. THE FEES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS SECTION WITH RESPECT TO THE
REGISTRATION OF TRAILERS SHALL CONTINUE TO APPLY.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.