Senate Bill S5899

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the registration of vessels and historic, antique and classic designations

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S5899 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2251, V & T L

2017-S5899 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the registration of vessels and historic, antique and classic designations.

2017-S5899 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5899 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5899
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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  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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2251 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended  by  section  5 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2009, is amended and a new subdivision 10 is added to read as follows:
   3. Fees. The triennial fee for registration  of  a  vessel  shall  be:
 twenty-two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  and  a vessel surcharge of three
 dollars and seventy-five cents, if less than  sixteen  feet  in  length;
 forty-five  dollars  and  a vessel surcharge of twelve dollars and fifty
 cents, if sixteen feet or over but less than twenty-six feet in  length;
 seventy-five  dollars  and  a  vessel  surcharge of eighteen dollars and
 seventy-five cents, if twenty-six feet or over. THERE SHALL BE AN  ADDI-
 TIONAL  VESSEL  SURCHARGE  OF TWENTY DOLLARS FOR ALL VESSELS THAT HAVE A
 HISTORIC, ANTIQUE OR CLASSIC DESIGNATION. All  funds  derived  from  the
 collection  of  the vessel access surcharge pursuant to this subdivision
 are to be deposited in a subaccount of the "I love NY waterways"  vessel
 access  account  established  pursuant to section ninety-seven-nn of the
 state finance law. The vessel access surcharge shall not be considered a
 registration fee for purposes of section seventy-nine-b of  the  naviga-
 tion law.
 Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of this section, the differ-
 ence collected between the fees set forth in this subdivision in  effect
 on  and  after September first, two thousand nine and the fees set forth
 in this subdivision prior to such date shall be deposited to the  credit
 of  the  dedicated  highway  and  bridge trust fund. Notwithstanding any
 inconsistent provision of this section, the difference collected between
 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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