STATE OF NEW YORK
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4980
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. KEARNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the regis-
tration of vessels and historic, antique and classic designations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2251 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by section 5 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of
3 2009, is amended and a new subdivision 10 is added to read as follows:
4 3. Fees. The triennial fee for registration of a vessel shall be:
5 twenty-two dollars and fifty cents and a vessel surcharge of three
6 dollars and seventy-five cents, if less than sixteen feet in length;
7 forty-five dollars and a vessel surcharge of twelve dollars and fifty
8 cents, if sixteen feet or over but less than twenty-six feet in length;
9 seventy-five dollars and a vessel surcharge of eighteen dollars and
10 seventy-five cents, if twenty-six feet or over. There shall be an addi-
11 tional vessel surcharge of twenty dollars for all vessels that have a
12 historic, antique or classic designation. All funds derived from the
13 collection of the vessel access surcharge pursuant to this subdivision
14 are to be deposited in a subaccount of the "I love NY waterways" vessel
15 access account established pursuant to section ninety-seven-nn of the
16 state finance law. The vessel access surcharge shall not be considered a
17 registration fee for purposes of section seventy-nine-b of the naviga-
18 tion law.
19 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, the differ-
20 ence collected between the fees set forth in this subdivision in effect
21 on and after September first, two thousand nine and the fees set forth
22 in this subdivision prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit
23 of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund. Notwithstanding any
24 inconsistent provision of this section, the difference collected between
25 the vessel surcharge set forth in this subdivision in effect on and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 after September first, two thousand nine and the vessel surcharge set
2 forth in this subdivision in effect prior to such date shall be deposit-
3 ed to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.
4 10. Historic, antique or classic designation. The owner of each vessel
5 requesting a historic, antique or classic designation shall present an
6 application for said designation to the commissioner, or an agent desig-
7 nated by the commissioner, on a form to be prepared and furnished by the
8 commissioner for that purpose. Such application shall contain or be
9 accompanied by such evidence of the age of the vessel described in the
10 application as may be required by the commissioner. For the purposes of
11 this section the designation of "historic" shall include boats built
12 prior to nineteen hundred nineteen, "antique" shall include boats built
13 between nineteen hundred nineteen and nineteen hundred forty-two, and
14 "classic" shall include boats built between nineteen hundred forty-three
15 and nineteen hundred sixty-eight. If an application for a historic,
16 antique or classic designation is approved, said vessel shall be issued
17 a registration number that includes the year of the boat and a desig-
18 nation sticker as prescribed by the commissioner.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.