Authorizes the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles to issue seasonal registrations covering a time period of less than one year, which would expire on the last day of the expiration month chosen by the registrant.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4870
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to seasonal
registration
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law
2 is amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
3 d. Upon filing of an application on a form prescribed by the commis-
4 sioner, the owner or lessee of a passenger vehicle, recreational motor
5 vehicle, motorcycle, truck or farm vehicle which has a gross vehicle
6 weight of ten thousand pounds or less may register the vehicle with the
7 department for a period of successive months of less than one year. The
8 applicant shall specify the period of months during which the vehicle
9 shall be registered, and the fee for such registration shall be prorated
10 on a monthly basis. Upon receipt of all appropriate fees and applica-
11 tions, the commissioner shall issue a seasonal registration that shall
12 expire on the last day of the expiration month chosen by the registrant.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
14 it shall have become a law; provided, however that the commissioner of
15 the department of motor vehicles is hereby authorized to promulgate all
16 rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
17 this act on its effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08260-01-5
