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Senate Bill S1881

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends the registration period for trailers to 5 years

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2025-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5003

2025-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the registration period for trailers, other than a coach or house trailer or a semitrailer, from 1 to 5 years; amends trailer registration fees to match the 5-year registration timeframe.

2025-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1881
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  extending
   the registration period for trailers to five years
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 8 of section 401 of the  vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 13 of part G of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The  provisions  of this chapter in relation to registration books
 and registration, certificates of registration,  number  plates,  dupli-
 cates  of  certificates  and  number plates, [times of registration] and
 reregistration [and the duration thereof,]  for  motor  vehicles,  shall
 apply  also  to  trailers. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER IN RELATION TO
 THE TIMES OF REGISTRATION AND REREGISTRATION AND  THE  DURATION  THEREOF
 FOR  MOTOR  VEHICLES SHALL APPLY ALSO TO COACH AND HOUSE TRAILERS AND TO
 SEMITRAILERS. REGISTRATION FOR A TRAILER, OTHER THAN A  COACH  OR  HOUSE
 TRAILER OR A SEMITRAILER, SHALL BE VALID FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. The
 following  fees shall be paid upon the registration or reregistration of
 a trailer, other than a coach or house  trailer  or  a  semitrailer,  in
 accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this article: The [annual] fee of
 [five] TWENTY-SIX dollars and [thirty-nine] NINETY-FIVE cents  for  each
 five  hundred  pounds or fraction thereof of maximum gross weight but in
 no case shall the [annual]  fee  be  less  than  [fourteen]  SEVENTY-ONE
 dollars  and  [thirty-eight]  NINETY  cents. The following fees shall be
 paid upon the registration or reregistration of a coach or house trailer
 in accordance with the provisions of this article: The annual fee of one
 dollar and seventy-three cents for each  one  hundred  pounds  or  major
 fraction  thereof  of unladen weight but in no case shall the annual fee
 be less than twenty-one dollars and  fifty-seven  cents.  The  following
 fees  shall  be  paid upon the registration or reregistration of a semi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05480-01-5

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