Bill Text: NY S05003 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the registration period for trailers, other than a coach or house trailer or a semitrailer, from 1 to 5 years; amends trailer registration fees to match the 5-year registration timeframe.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05003 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05003-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5003

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 21, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- 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  extending
          the registration period for trailers to five years

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 8 of section 401 of the  vehicle
     2  and traffic law, as amended by section 13 of part G of chapter 59 of the
     3  laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     4    a.  The  provisions  of this chapter in relation to registration books
     5  and registration, certificates of registration,  number  plates,  dupli-
     6  cates  of  certificates  and  number plates, [times of registration] and
     7  reregistration [and the duration thereof,]  for  motor  vehicles,  shall
     8  apply  also  to  trailers. The provisions of this chapter in relation to
     9  the times of registration and reregistration and  the  duration  thereof
    10  for  motor  vehicles shall apply also to coach and house trailers and to
    11  semitrailers. Registration for a trailer, other than a  coach  or  house
    12  trailer or a semitrailer, shall be valid for a period of five years. The
    13  following  fees shall be paid upon the registration or reregistration of
    14  a trailer, other than a coach or house  trailer  or  a  semitrailer,  in
    15  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this article: The [annual] fee of
    16  [five] twenty-six dollars and [thirty-nine] ninety-five cents  for  each
    17  five  hundred  pounds or fraction thereof of maximum gross weight but in
    18  no case shall the [annual]  fee  be  less  than  [fourteen]  seventy-one
    19  dollars  and  [thirty-eight]  ninety  cents. The following fees shall be
    20  paid upon the registration or reregistration of a coach or house trailer
    21  in accordance with the provisions of this article: The annual fee of one
    22  dollar and seventy-three cents for each  one  hundred  pounds  or  major
    23  fraction  thereof  of unladen weight but in no case shall the annual fee
    24  be less than twenty-one dollars and  fifty-seven  cents.  The  following
    25  fees  shall  be  paid upon the registration or reregistration of a semi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 5003                             2

     1  trailer in accordance with provisions of this article: The annual fee of
     2  twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents. However, upon  the  request
     3  of the applicant upon the registration or renewal of a registration of a
     4  nineteen hundred eighty-nine or later model year semitrailer, such semi-
     5  trailer  may  be  registered for a period of not less than five and one-
     6  half nor more than six and  one-half  years  for  a  fee  of  eighty-six
     7  dollars  and  twenty-five cents. A semitrailer, used with any device for
     8  converting it to a trailer, other than one  being  drawn  by  a  tractor
     9  semitrailer combination as part of a double tandem combination, shall be
    10  registered as a trailer.
    11    For  the  purposes of this paragraph, the unladen weight of a coach or
    12  house trailer shall include the  weight  of  any  equipment  permanently
    13  attached  to or installed in such trailer. Notwithstanding the foregoing
    14  provisions and pursuant to regulations and limitations to be established
    15  by the commissioner and upon payment of a fee of two dollars and  thirty
    16  cents  therefor  a  temporary permit to move a coach or house trailer on
    17  the public highways from one site to another  shall  be  issued  to  the
    18  owner  thereof upon application therefor. Such application shall be made
    19  in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  all
    21  registrations and reregistrations issued on or after such date.