Bill Text: NY A02894 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting motor vehicles owned by volunteer firefighters and used in the performance of their duties from the payment of motor vehicle registration fees and taxes

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to transportation [A02894 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02894-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2894
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, GORDON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. ALFANO, EDDINGTON, MAGEE  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
         motor vehicles  owned  by  volunteer  firefighters  and  used  in  the
         performance  of  their duties from the payment of motor vehicle regis-
         tration fees and taxes
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph h to read as follows:
    3    H.  MOTOR  VEHICLES  OWNED BY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WHICH ARE USED IN
    4  THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR  DUTIES  AS  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS  SHALL  BE
    5  EXEMPT  FROM  ALL  VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES AND FROM ANY VEHICLE USE OR
    6  OTHER TAX BASED UPON THE WEIGHT OR VALUE OF THE VEHICLE, NOTWITHSTANDING
    7  ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OTHER LAW AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION OF
    8  SUCH FEES OR TAX.
    9    S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 404-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as
   10  amended by chapter 277 of the laws  of  1991,  is  amended  to  read  as
   11  follows:
   12    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
   13  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
   14  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  chapter
   15  and  an  initial one time service charge of fifteen dollars, EXCEPT THAT
   16  NO REGISTRATION FEE OR INITIAL ONE TIME SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE  IMPOSED
   17  WITH  RESPECT  TO  ANY  VEHICLE  USED  IN THE PERFORMANCE OF FIREFIGHTER
   18  DUTIES BY A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER.
   19    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   20  ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
   21  certificates  of registration of motor vehicles owned by volunteer fire-
   22  fighters which are issued or renewed on or after its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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