Relates to exempting certain not-for-profit entities providing free legal services from fees charged for searching the records of the department of motor vehicles.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 5474 A. 7932
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
May 25, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
portation
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fees for
searches and copies of documents of the department of motor vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 202 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 708 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 1. Except in those cases in which it is provided by law that no fee
5 shall be charged, the fees for searching the records of the department
6 of motor vehicles kept pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and
7 for furnishing copies of documents in said department kept pursuant to
8 the provisions of this chapter shall be as provided in this section.
9 Provided, however, that no fee shall be charged any public officer,
10 board or body, volunteer fire company [or], volunteer ambulance service,
11 or legal aid bureau or society or other private entity when acting
12 pursuant to section seven hundred twenty-two of the county law, for
13 searches or copies of documents to be used for a public purpose.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11738-01-1
