Bill 2080

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 13, 2011

Introduced by M. of A. REILICH, FINCH — read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to registration fees for historic vehicles

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOW:

• Section 1. Schedule G of subsivision 7 of section 401 of the vehicle
• and traffic law, as amended by section 25 of part G of chapter 59 of the
• to read as follows:
• G. Schedule for historical motor vehicles. For each motor vehicle
• which is owned and operated as an exhibition piece or collectors item,
• and is used for participation in club activities, exhibit, tours
• parades, occasional transportation and similar uses, but not used for
• general daily transportation, [an annual fee of twenty eight dollars and
• seventy-five cents] A ONE TIME FEE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. For purposes
• of this paragraph, a historical motor vehicle shall mean any vehicle
• manufactured more than twenty-five years prior to the currrent calendar
• year, and any other model, year and type vehicle which has unique char-
• acteristics and which is determined by the commissioner to be of histor-
• ical, classic or exhibition value. Registration plates for such vehi-
• cles shall be of a type and design approved by the commissioner, but
• shall be of a distinctive nature. Except that, with the approval of the
• commissioner, an owner of any such vehicle may utilize registration
• plates issued in the year corresponding to the model year date in which
• the vehicle was manufactured, if the registration plate is legible
• durable, and serviceable, of this state, and accurate in color, as
• determined by the department. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
• construed to prohibit the use of previously issued registration plates
• that have been restored, without deviation from their original alphanu-
• meric or pictorial content, to such condition as otherwise satisfies all
• applicable requirements. Such plates shall be used only for the opera-

• 1 tion of the motor vehicle listed on the registration application and on
• other motor vehicles which would qualify for registration under this
• schedule owned by persons other than the registrant for the purpose of
• test driving by the registrant or his or her agent in anticipation of
• possible purchase. No such registration will be issued unless evidence
• of financial security, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, is
• submitted which provides coverage for the motor vehicle listed on the
• registration application and for non-owned motor vehicles being operated
• with such plates.
• S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.