| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 10, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 26, 2016 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S6559
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
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2015-S6559 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9030
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง428, V & T L
2015-S6559 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6559
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to refunds of
the vehicle registration fees
PURPOSE :
The purpose of this bill is to offer motorists the option of receiving
a cash refund of the remaining credit of a previously paid
registration fee in the event they surrender the plates prior to the
end of that registration period.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 amends subdivision 1-a of section 428 of the vehicle and
traffic law so that when license plates are surrendered, or in the
case of a stolen vehicle when proper documentation is submitted to the
Department of Motor Vehicles, the motorist will be entitled to a
refund in the amount equal to as many twenty-fourths of the fee paid
for the registration of the vehicle as there are full calendar months
in the registration period following the date of the receipt of the
number plates, or plate, or the filing of an application for a refund
if no plates are available, less the sum of one dollar.
2015-S6559 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6559
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. CROCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to refunds of
the vehicle registration fees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 428 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by section 76-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
1998, is amended to read as follows:
1-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this
section, if a registration is issued for a period of not less than two
years pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision five of section four
hundred one of this [chapter] TITLE, the registration fee paid for the
period commencing after the [first twelve month period of such registra-
tion shall be refunded less the sum of one dollar provided the number
plates are surrendered to the commissioner before the end of the first
twelve month period of such registration and application therefor is
filed with the commissioner within two months from the expiration of the
first twelve month period of such registration] NUMBER PLATES ARE
SURRENDERED TO THE COMMISSIONER OR, IN THE CASE OF A STOLEN VEHICLE,
UPON SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THERE
SHALL BE REFUNDED TO THE OWNER A SUM EQUAL TO AS MANY TWENTY-FOURTHS OF
THE FEE PAID FOR THE REGISTRATION OF THE VEHICLE AS THERE ARE FULL
CALENDAR MONTHS IN THE REGISTRATION PERIOD FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE
RECEIPT OF THE NUMBER PLATES OR PLATE OR THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A REFUND IF NO PLATES ARE AVAILABLE, LESS THE SUM OF ONE DOLLAR.
S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 428 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by chapter 262 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Where a refund of any part of a registration fee is made pursuant
to [the foregoing provisions] SUBDIVISION ONE, ONE-A, ONE-B OR TWO of
this section, the registration shall thereupon be automatically
cancelled.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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