NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6744

Senate Bill S6744

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that license plates be inspected during vehicle safety inspections and waives fees for the issuance of certain license plates

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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 08, 2020	referred to transportation
Sep 25, 2019	referred to rules

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2019-S6744 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8678
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§301 & 401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S2039
2023-2024: S1393

2019-S6744 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that license plates be inspected during vehicle safety inspections and waives fees for the issuance of certain license plates.

2019-S6744 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6744

SPONSOR: TEDISCO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to requiring that license plates be inspected during safety
inspections and waiving fees for the issuance of certain license plates

 
PURPOSE:

To establish a process to inspect New York license plates for legibili-
ty, and to waive fees for certain license plates.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

§ 1. Subdivision (c) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended by adding a new paragraph 4 which adds a visual inspection of
license plates to existing annual motor vehicle inspections and estab-
lishes standards to deem such plates satisfactory. The inclusion of the
visual inspection of a vehicle's license plates in the safety inspection
pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall not result in an
increase in the safety inspection fee allowed to be charged.

§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:

e. The commissioner shall waive the payment of fees required by para-
graph a of this subdivision if the number license plates applied for are
required due to a change in license plate design, or if replacement
license plates are required as the result of a failed inspection of the
license plates as described in paragraph four of subdivision (c) of
section three hundred one of this chapter. In both cases the owner hold-
ing the certificate of registration shall be entitled to the same
license plate number at no additional cost.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

For the second time since 2009, a proposal to redesign New York State's
license plates was accompanied by an additional $25 fee, and an addi-
tional $20 fee for New Yorkers who wanted to keep their current license
plate numbers.

This License Plate Tax is truly highway robbery for the over-taxed and
overburdened taxpayers of New York State in the form of a new $70
million windfall for state coffers. This does not even consider addi-
tional revenue the state would receive from those who want to keep their
current plate number.

This bill takes a holistic approach to address the need for readable
plates on the roadways with a mechanism for visual inspection, while
sparing motorists a $25 plate replacement fee, and the additional $20 to
keep the same plate number by eliminating fees for new plates.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2019-S6744 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6744
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   that license plates be inspected during safety inspections and waiving
   fees for the issuance of certain license plates

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 301 of the vehicle  and  traffic
 law is amended by adding a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
   (4)  A SAFETY INSPECTION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE
 VEHICLE'S LICENSE PLATES. WHENEVER A LICENSE PLATE SHALL HAVE BECOME  SO
 DELAMINATED,  OR  OTHERWISE DAMAGED OR WORN AS TO BECOME ILLEGIBLE, SUCH
 LICENSE PLATE SHALL NOT MEET THE PROPER AND SAFE CONDITION  REQUIREMENTS
 OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE. A
 LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE ILLEGIBLE WHEN AT LEAST ONE  OF  THE
 LICENSE PLATE'S NUMBERS OR LETTERS CANNOT BE READ BECAUSE: (A) MORE THAN
 ONE-THIRD OF A NUMBER OR LETTER LACKS COLOR DUE TO DELAMINATION OR OTHER
 DAMAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FADING; OR (B) THE LICENSE PLATE IS
 MISSING  ONE  OR MORE PIECES AND SUCH PIECE OR PIECES INCLUDES MORE THAN
 ONE-THIRD OF A NUMBER OR LETTER. THE INCLUSION OF THE VISUAL  INSPECTION
 OF  A  VEHICLE'S LICENSE PLATES IN THE SAFETY INSPECTION PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT RESULT  IN  AN  INCREASE  IN  THE
 SAFETY INSPECTION FEE ALLOWED TO BE CHARGED.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL WAIVE THE PAYMENT OF FEES REQUIRED BY  PARA-
 GRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION IF THE NUMBER LICENSE PLATES APPLIED FOR ARE
 REQUIRED  DUE  TO  A  CHANGE  IN LICENSE PLATE DESIGN, OR IF REPLACEMENT
 LICENSE PLATES ARE REQUIRED AS THE RESULT OF A FAILED INSPECTION OF  THE
 LICENSE  PLATES  AS  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. IN BOTH CASES THE OWNER HOLD-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13842-04-9

 S. 6744                             2
 
 ING THE CERTIFICATE OF  REGISTRATION  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  THE  SAME
 LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such date.

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