STATE OF NEW YORK
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457
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 directing
the commissioner of motor vehicles to provide certain services on
Fishers Island for a limited period of time
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 206 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
2 chapter 141 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 206. Deputization of agents. 1. The commissioner may, in [his] their
4 discretion, deputize any person to act for the commissioner, subject to
5 rules and limitations prescribed by [him] the commissioner, for the
6 purpose of issuing or renewing licenses, registrations and number
7 plates. Any such license, registration or number plate so issued or
8 renewed shall be subject to cancellation by the commissioner, if improp-
9 erly issued. Such deputies shall not receive compensation from the state
10 under this [section] subdivision, and no fee in addition to the fees
11 prescribed by law shall be charged any applicant unless such fee has
12 been approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may, without a hear-
13 ing, revoke at any time the authority granted to any person under this
14 [section] subdivision.
15 2. The commissioner shall deputize a person to act for the commission-
16 er, subject to rules and limitations prescribed by the commissioner, for
17 the purpose of issuing or renewing licenses, registrations and number
18 plates for persons living on Fishers Island in the town of Southold,
19 county of Suffolk. In carrying out the provisions of this subdivision,
20 such deputy shall issue and renew such licenses, including the adminis-
21 tration of written and road tests, eye examinations and photographs,
22 registrations and number plates from a facility located on Fishers
23 Island. Such facility shall be available for service twice annually, and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 shall be operated each time for a period of time to be determined by the
2 commissioner, but for not less than two business days. Any such license,
3 registration or number plate so issued or renewed shall be subject to
4 cancellation by the commissioner, if improperly issued. Such deputy
5 shall not receive compensation from the state under this section, and no
6 fee in addition to the fees prescribed by law shall be charged any
7 applicant unless such fee has been approved by the commissioner. The
8 commissioner may, without a hearing, revoke at any time the authority
9 granted to such person under this subdivision. In lieu of a deputy, the
10 commissioner may utilize employees of the department.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
