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Assembly Bill A7599

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a waiver of vehicle registration and driver's license fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers

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2009-A7599 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1612
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง401 & 503, V & T L

2009-A7599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a waiver of vehicle registration and driver's license fees for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.

2009-A7599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7599

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 16, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
  exemptions  from vehicle registration fees and license fees for volun-
  teer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers

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

  Section  1.  Section  401 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
  22. ANY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER WHO REGIS-
TERS A VEHICLE IN HIS OR HER NAME SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE FEES REQUIRED
BY SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THEY HAVE  PROOF  SATISFAC-
TORY  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  THAT  THEY ARE A MEMBER OF A VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  548  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. Waiver of fee. A. The commissioner may waive the  payment  of  fees
required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:  (i) is an
inmate in an institution under the jurisdiction of a state department or
agency,  or  (ii)  is  a  victim  of  crime  and the driver's license or
learner's permit applied for is a replacement for one that was  lost  or
destroyed as a result of the crime.
  B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL WAIVE THE PAYMENT OF FEES REQUIRED BY SUBDI-
VISION  TWO  OF THIS SECTION IF THE APPLICANT IS A MEMBER OF A VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04641-01-9

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