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Assembly Bill A2574

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Permits the proration of vehicle registration fees for stolen vehicles

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2015-A2574 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง420, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4210
2011-2012: A4585
2013-2014: A3191

2015-A2574 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits registrants of stolen motor vehicles, motorcycles or trailers to credit the unused portion of the requisite registration fee against any subsequent registration fees for other vehicles owned by the registrant.

2015-A2574 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2574

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRENNAN, ORTIZ, COLTON, LUPARDO -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  ABBATE, GALEF, HOOPER, LOPEZ --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
  the proration of registration fees for stolen motor vehicles, motorcy-
  cles or trailers

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

  Section  1.  Section  420 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, UPON SUBMISSION OF  WRITTEN  EVIDENCE  FROM
THE  OWNER  OF  A  REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTORCYCLE OR TRAILER, THAT
SUCH VEHICLE WAS REPORTED STOLEN  TO  THE  APPROPRIATE  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND/OR THE OWNER'S AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND UPON PAYMENT
OF  A  TRANSFER  FEE OF SEVEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS, CREDIT THE
UNUSED PORTION OF THE REGISTRATION FEE PAID FOR SUCH VEHICLE AGAINST ANY
SUBSEQUENT REGISTRATION FEE WHICH BECOMES DUE FOR ANOTHER MOTOR VEHICLE,
MOTORCYCLE OR TRAILER OWNED BY THE REGISTRANT. THE AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDIT
SHALL BE COMPUTED BY APPORTIONING THE REGISTRATION FEE  FOR  REGISTERING
THE  STOLEN VEHICLE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS FOR WHICH THE REGISTRA-
TION FEE WAS PAID WITH THE NUMBER OF MONTHS REMAINING AT THE  TIME  SUCH
VEHICLE  WAS  STOLEN.  WHENEVER THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT AS PROVIDED FOR
HEREIN SHALL AMOUNT TO OTHER THAN A  WHOLE  DOLLAR  AMOUNT,  THE  CREDIT
SHALL BE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01268-01-5

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