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                       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.
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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.