S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4248
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. LAWRENCE -- 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.