S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2405
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 20, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
tation
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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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. 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.