S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to registration
fees for historic 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 fee of twenty-eight dollars and
seventy-five cents] A ONE TIME FEE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. 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 char-
acteristics and which is determined by the commissioner to be of histor-
ical, classic or exhibition value. Registration plates for such vehi-
cles 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 paragraph shall be
construed to prohibit the use of previously issued registration plates
that have been restored, without deviation from their original alphanu-
meric or pictorial content, to such condition as otherwise satisfies all
applicable requirements. Such plates shall be used only for the opera-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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tion of the motor vehicle listed on the registration application and on
other motor vehicles 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.