S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8155
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
August 30, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
the issuance of temporary certificates of registration when purchased
via the department's website
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part H of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
a. Upon filing of such application and the payment of the fee herein-
after provided, the commissioner shall assign to such motor vehicle a
distinctive number and, without expense to the applicant, issue and
deliver in such manner as the commissioner may select to the owner a
certificate of registration, in such form as the commissioner shall
prescribe, and two number plates at a place within the state of New York
named by the applicant in his or her application. IN INSTANCES WHERE AN
APPLICANT FILES SUCH APPLICATION AND PAYS THE FEE HEREINAFTER PROVIDED
VIA THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, THE APPLICANT SHALL HAVE THE OPTION OF
PRINTING A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION TO OPERATE HIS OR HER
VEHICLE AS A DULY REGISTERED VEHICLE WITH SUCH TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF
REGISTRATION TO EXPIRE THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ISSUANCE. A number
plate, within the meaning of this chapter, may, in the discretion of the
commissioner, be a plate of a permanent nature, treated with reflector-
ized material according to specifications prescribed by the commission-
er, and with a date tag attached to such plate or to the vehicle as
prescribed by regulations of the commissioner indicating the validity of
the plate during a certain period and the issuance of such a number
plate with such date tag to a person possessing such a number plate
shall be deemed the issuance of a number plate. An additional fee, not
to exceed twenty-five dollars, shall be paid to the commissioner whenev-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08782-01-3
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er a set of reflectorized number plates is issued for any vehicle for
which a registration fee is normally charged except that, with respect
to any number plate which is specifically requested by the applicant,
such fee shall be paid to the commissioner upon approval of such
request. In the event of the loss, mutilation or destruction of any
certificate of registration, any number plate or set of number plates
whether with or without a date tag or tags, or any date tag or set of
date tags provided for in this article, the owner of a registered motor
vehicle may file such statement and proof of the facts as the commis-
sioner shall require, with a fee of three dollars, in the office of the
commissioner, or, unless and until the commissioner shall otherwise
direct, in the office of the agent who issued the certificate, plate,
plates, tag or tags and the commissioner or his or her agent, as the
case may be, shall issue a duplicate or substitute. It shall be the duty
of every owner holding a certificate of registration to notify the
commissioner in writing of any change of residence of such person within
ten days after such change occurs, and to inscribe on such certificate,
in the place provided by the commissioner, a record of such change of
residence.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.