Assembly Bill A8958

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to metropolitan commuter transportation district registration fee exemptions for farm vehicles

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A8958 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3045
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§499-a & 499-b, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8598, S6503
2015-2016: A811, S2212
2017-2018: A649, S3248
2019-2020: A3714, S1651
2021-2022: A203, S1639
2023-2024: A2637, S1131

2025-A8958 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the requirement that farm vehicles pay the metropolitan commuter transportation district (MCTD) supplemental registration fee.

2025-A8958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8958
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to metropolitan
   commuter  transportation district registration fee exemptions for farm
   vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 section 1 of part B of chapter 25 of the laws of  2009,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  499-a.  Metropolitan  commuter transportation district supplemental
 registration fee. Registrants  residing  in  the  metropolitan  commuter
 transportation  district  shall,  upon  the registration or renewal of a
 motor vehicle, be charged a supplemental registration fee to be paid  to
 the  commissioner  or  [his  or  her] THEIR agent in accordance with the
 provisions of this article. A REGISTRANT SHALL NOT BE CHARGED A FEE  FOR
 THE  REGISTRATION  OR  RENEWAL  OF A FARM VEHICLE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE.
   § 2. Section 499-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section
 1 of part B of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  499-b.  Collection  of  supplemental  fee. All registrants of motor
 vehicles who reside in the metropolitan commuter transportation district
 shall pay to the commissioner or [his or her] THEIR  agent  the  supple-
 mental  registration  fee provided for in this article upon registration
 or renewal of motor vehicles subject to registration  fees  pursuant  to
 the  following  sections of this chapter: paragraph a of subdivision six
 of section four hundred one; schedules A, B, C, E, F,  G,  I  and  K  of
 subdivision  seven  of section four hundred one; paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion eight of section four hundred one; paragraph a of subdivision  five
 of section four hundred ten; and section four hundred eleven-b. A REGIS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04845-01-5

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