Bill Text: NY A09616 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates the obligation for motorists in certain counties to pay the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-28 - referred to transportation [A09616 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09616-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9616

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 28, 2020
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        Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating
          the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental  regis-
          tration fee for certain counties

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as  added  by
     2  section  1  of  part  B of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 499-a. Metropolitan commuter  transportation  district  supplemental
     5  registration  fee.  Registrants  residing  in  the metropolitan commuter
     6  transportation district, except in the  counties  of  Dutchess,  Putnam,
     7  Rockland  and  Orange, shall upon the registration or renewal of a motor
     8  vehicle be charged a supplemental registration fee to  be  paid  to  the
     9  commissioner  or  his  or her agent in accordance with the provisions of
    10  this article.
    11    § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2  of  section
    12  503  of  the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF
    13  of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    14    (i) Upon passage of the knowledge test required to obtain a  learner's
    15  permit, an applicant for a driver's license who resides in the metropol-
    16  itan  commuter  transportation district established by section one thou-
    17  sand two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, except in  the
    18  counties  of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Orange, shall be required to
    19  pay a supplemental fee of one dollar for  each  six  months  or  portion
    20  thereof of the period of validity of a learner's permit or license which
    21  is  or  may  be issued pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) or
    22  (ii) of paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
    23    § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c-3) of subdivision 2  of  section
    24  503  of  the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF
    25  of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    26    (i) Supplemental renewal fee in the metropolitan commuter  transporta-
    27  tion  district.  In addition to the fees required to be paid pursuant to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a supplemental fee of one dollar  for
     2  each  six months or portion thereof of the validity of the license shall
     3  be paid for renewal of a license of a person who resides in  the  metro-
     4  politan  commuter  transportation  district  established  by section one
     5  thousand two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, except  in
     6  the  counties  of  Dutchess,  Putnam,  Rockland and Orange issued by the
     7  commissioner.
     8    § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law.