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Senate Bill S457

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to provide certain services on Fishers Island for a limited period of time

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2025-S457 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5688
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9882
2013-2014: A4396
2015-2016: A6940
2017-2018: A6701
2019-2020: A6005
2021-2022: S4639, A6026
2023-2024: S4805, A2649

2025-S457 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to provide certain services on Fishers Island for a limited period of time.

2025-S457 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    457
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- 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  directing
   the  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  to provide certain services on
   Fishers Island for a limited period of time
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  206  of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 141 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
   § 206. Deputization of agents. 1. The commissioner may, in [his] THEIR
 discretion, deputize any person to act for the commissioner, subject  to
 rules  and  limitations  prescribed  by  [him] THE COMMISSIONER, for the
 purpose of  issuing  or  renewing  licenses,  registrations  and  number
 plates.  Any  such  license,  registration  or number plate so issued or
 renewed shall be subject to cancellation by the commissioner, if improp-
 erly issued. Such deputies shall not receive compensation from the state
 under this [section] SUBDIVISION, and no fee in  addition  to  the  fees
 prescribed  by  law  shall  be charged any applicant unless such fee has
 been approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may, without a hear-
 ing, revoke at any time the authority granted to any person  under  this
 [section] SUBDIVISION.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEPUTIZE A PERSON TO ACT FOR THE COMMISSION-
 ER, SUBJECT TO RULES AND LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, FOR
 THE  PURPOSE  OF  ISSUING OR RENEWING LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND NUMBER
 PLATES FOR PERSONS LIVING ON FISHERS ISLAND IN  THE  TOWN  OF  SOUTHOLD,
 COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK. IN CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 SUCH DEPUTY SHALL ISSUE AND RENEW SUCH LICENSES, INCLUDING THE  ADMINIS-
 TRATION  OF  WRITTEN  AND  ROAD TESTS, EYE EXAMINATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS,
 REGISTRATIONS AND NUMBER PLATES  FROM  A  FACILITY  LOCATED  ON  FISHERS
 ISLAND. SUCH FACILITY SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE TWICE ANNUALLY, AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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