Assembly Bill A2843

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2843

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2013
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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 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 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-eight dollars and seventy-five cents. For purposes of this  para-
graph,  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  commis-
sioner  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 commissioner, 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 serv-
iceable, 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 alphanumeric or pictorial content,
to such condition as otherwise satisfies  all  applicable  requirements.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Such plates shall be used only for the operation of the motor vehicle OR
TRAILER  listed on the registration application and on other motor vehi-
cles 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 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.
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.