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Assembly Bill A1228

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that motor vehicles registered as historical motor vehicles need display a number plate on the rear only, not on the front

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2009-A1228 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง402, V & T L

2009-A1228 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that motor vehicles registered as historical motor vehicles need display a number plate on the rear of the vehicle only, not on the front.

2009-A1228 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1228

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEMINERIO  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the  display
  of number plates on historical motor vehicles

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 402 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
law,  as  amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. (a) No person shall operate, drive or park a motor vehicle  on  the
public  highways of this state unless such vehicle shall have a distinc-
tive number assigned to it by the  commissioner  and  a  set  of  number
plates issued by the commissioner with a number and other identification
matter  if any, corresponding to that of the certificate of registration
conspicuously displayed, one on the front and one on the  rear  of  such
vehicle  (EXCEPT  IN  THE  CASE  OF A VEHICLE REGISTERED AS A HISTORICAL
MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUANT TO SCHEDULE G OF  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF  SECTION
FOUR  HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  IN  WHICH CASE SUCH VEHICLE NEED
DISPLAY ONLY ONE NUMBER  PLATE  ON  THE  REAR  THEREOF),  each  securely
fastened  so  as  to prevent the same from swinging and placed, whenever
reasonably possible, not higher than forty-eight inches  and  not  lower
than  twelve  inches  from  the  ground;  provided, however, that in any
registration year for which only one number plate is issued, such number
plate shall constitute a set of number plates for the time in which such
use is authorized, shall be displayed on the rear  of  the  vehicle  and
none  shall be displayed on its front, except in case of a tractor, when
such number plate shall be displayed on the front  of  the  vehicle  and
none shall be displayed on its rear.
  (b)  Number  plates shall be kept clean and in a condition so as to be
easily readable and shall not be covered by glass or any plastic materi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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