STATE OF NEW YORK
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9784
IN SENATE
April 6, 2026
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Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, COMRIE -- 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 requiring
motorcycles to be registered at the time of sale
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "motorcy-
2 cle registration guarantee act".
3 § 2. Section 410 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
4 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
5 1-a. Registration at time of sale. Every motorcycle, as defined by
6 section one hundred twenty-three of this chapter, sold by a dealer shall
7 be registered at the time of sale of such motorcycle. Such registration
8 shall take effect and expire on dates to be determined by the commis-
9 sioner. Any motorcycle purchased for use exclusively outside of the
10 state of New York shall not require registration at the time of
11 purchase, and the purchaser of such motorcycle shall sign a declaration,
12 provided by the dealer, which shall state that such purchaser under-
13 stands the conditions under which a motorcycle must be registered and
14 the penalty for violation of such registration provisions. Each signed
15 declaration shall be forwarded by the dealer to the commissioner. The
16 form of such declaration shall be provided by the commissioner to each
17 dealer.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
19 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
20 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
21 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
22 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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