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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  permanent
  registration of historical 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 section 25 of part G of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  G.  Schedule  for  historical  motor  vehicles. For each motor vehicle
which is owned and operated as an exhibition piece or  collectors  item,
and  is  used  for  participation  in  club  activities, exhibit, tours,
parades, occasional transportation and similar uses, but  not  used  for
general  daily  transportation,  [an annual] A fee of [twenty-eight] ONE
HUNDRED dollars [and seventy-five cents] UPON  INITIAL  REGISTRATION  OF
SUCH  VEHICLE.  SUCH  HISTORICAL  MOTOR  VEHICLE SHALL REMAIN REGISTERED
WITHOUT THE IMPOSITION OF ANY OTHER FEE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS  THE  VEHICLE
IS  SOLD  OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, AT WHICH TIME A NEW REGISTRATION AND
FEE SHALL BE REQUIRED.   For purposes of this  paragraph,  a  historical
motor  vehicle shall mean any vehicle manufactured more than twenty-five
years prior to the current calendar year, and any other model, year  and
type vehicle which has unique characteristics and which is determined by
the  commissioner  to  be  of  historical,  classic or exhibition value.
Registration plates for such vehicles 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 commissioner, an owner of any such
vehicle may utilize registration plates issued in the year corresponding
to the model year date in which the vehicle  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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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registration plates that have  been  restored,  without  deviation  from
their  original  alphanumeric or pictorial content, to such condition as
otherwise satisfies all applicable requirements. Such  plates  shall  be
used only for the operation of the motor vehicle listed on the registra-
tion  application  and  on  other motor vehicles which would qualify for
registration under this schedule owned by persons other than the  regis-
trant  for  the  purpose of test driving by the registrant or his or her
agent in anticipation of possible purchase. No such registration will be
issued unless evidence of financial security, in a  form  prescribed  by
the  commissioner,  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.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.