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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. GANTT, CAHILL, GREENE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to refunds of
registration fees and to repeal certain provisions of such law relat-
ing thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 420 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 190 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read
as follows:
2. Such seller or owner may, however, register another vehicle and use
said number plates thereon, if appropriate, upon making application for
such registration, paying a transfer fee of seven dollars and seventy-
five cents, and paying the proportional excess, if any[, of the]. THE
annual fee for registering the second vehicle [over] SHALL BE INCREASED
OR REDUCED PROPORTIONATELY ON A MONTHLY COMPUTATION BASIS FROM the annu-
al fee for registering the first vehicle for each day or fraction there-
of constituting the unexpired registration period AND ANY SURPLUS SHALL
BE PARTIALLY REFUNDED IF THE FULL REGISTRATION FEE IS NOT USED. If the
number plates of the first vehicle are not appropriate for the second
vehicle, the commissioner or his or her agent shall, upon the surrender
of such number plates, furnish appropriate number plates.
S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 428 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as
follows:
1. Any fee paid for the registration of a vehicle under the
provisions of this chapter shall be refunded, less the sum of one
dollar, provided that the commissioner and the state comptroller are
satisfied that [the registration has not been used and] the number
plates and sticker have been surrendered to the commissioner [within two
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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months after the date the fee was paid or the beginning of the registra-
tion period for which the registration was issued, whichever comes
later] and application therefor is filed with the commissioner within
the period of validity for which such registration was issued.
S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 428 of the vehicle and traffic law is
REPEALED and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
2. ANY FEE PAID FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE PARTIALLY REFUNDED IF THE FULL
REGISTRATION PERIOD IS NOT USED AND IF SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT TRANS-
FERRED TO ANOTHER MOTOR VEHICLE, AND THE NUMBER PLATES OR THE PLATES
ISSUED FOR A VEHICLE REGISTERED UNDER THIS CHAPTER ARE SURRENDERED TO
THE COMMISSIONER. THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REFUND SHALL BE COMPUTED BY APPOR-
TIONING THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR REGISTERING THE MOTOR VEHICLE BETWEEN
THE NUMBER OF MONTHS FOR WHICH THE REGISTRATION FEE WAS PAID WITH THE
NUMBER OF MONTHS REMAINING AT THE TIME THE PLATES WERE DESTROYED OR
SURRENDERED, LESS THE SUM OF ONE DOLLAR.
S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.