Bill Text: NY A04870 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles to issue seasonal registrations covering a time period of less than one year, which would expire on the last day of the expiration month chosen by the registrant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A04870 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04870-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4870
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 9, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to seasonal
         registration
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
    3    D.  UPON  FILING OF AN APPLICATION ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMIS-
    4  SIONER, THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF A PASSENGER VEHICLE,  RECREATIONAL  MOTOR
    5  VEHICLE,  MOTORCYCLE,  TRUCK  OR  FARM VEHICLE WHICH HAS A GROSS VEHICLE
    6  WEIGHT OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR LESS MAY REGISTER THE VEHICLE WITH  THE
    7  DEPARTMENT  FOR A PERIOD OF SUCCESSIVE MONTHS OF LESS THAN ONE YEAR. THE
    8  APPLICANT SHALL SPECIFY THE PERIOD OF MONTHS DURING  WHICH  THE  VEHICLE
    9  SHALL BE REGISTERED, AND THE FEE FOR SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE PRORATED
   10  ON  A  MONTHLY  BASIS. UPON RECEIPT OF ALL APPROPRIATE FEES AND APPLICA-
   11  TIONS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A SEASONAL REGISTRATION  THAT  SHALL
   12  EXPIRE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE EXPIRATION MONTH CHOSEN BY THE REGISTRANT.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   14  it  shall  have become a law; provided, however that the commissioner of
   15  the department of motor vehicles is hereby authorized to promulgate  all
   16  rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
   17  this act on its effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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