Bill Text: NY S04732 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts motor vehicles owned by volunteer firefighters and used in firefighter duties from the payment of registration fees and any vehicle use tax based upon the weight or value of the vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04732 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04732-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4732
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LEIBELL -- 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  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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