NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6693

Senate Bill S6693

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to fees charged for the issuance of number plates and to requiring a report on the costs of manufacturing such plates

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to transportation
Sep 06, 2019	referred to rules

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2019-S6693 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8633
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§401 & 403, V & T L; amd §186, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: A1670
2023-2024: A3557

2019-S6693 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to fees charged for the issuance of number plates and to requiring a report on the costs of manufacturing such plates; requires the fee for a number plate not to exceed the cost of producing such plate; establishes that no additional fee shall be charged to keep a current number plate due to a design change implemented by the commissioner; and requires the commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision to report on the costs of manufacturing license plates.

2019-S6693 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6693

SPONSOR: AKSHAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to fees charged for the issuance of number plates; and to amend
the correction law, in relation to requiring a report on the costs of
manufacturing license plates

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would set the price of license plate fees at or below
the actual cost to the manufacture license plates. The bill also
prevents additional fees for drivers to keep the same license plate
number in the event of a design change by the DMV. Finally, it requires
DOCCS to produce an annual report that details the cost of making the
license plates.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 401 of the
vehicle and traffic law to state that an additional fee, not to exceed

the actual cost of manufacturing a number plate, shall be paid to the
commissioner whenever a set of reflectorized number plates is issued.

Section two amends subdivision 3 of section 403 of the vehicle and traf-
fic law by adding a new paragraph that states notwithstanding the
provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision, no such one-time fee
shall be charged for any plates required to be replaced due to any
number plate design changes implemented by the commissioner.

Section three amends subdivision 2 of section 186 of the correction law
to read, beginning April first, two thousand twenty and annually there-
after, the commissioner shall report to the director of the budget, the
temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly on the
costs of manufacturing such license plates.

Section four states the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Governor Cuomo and the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
recently announced their plan to implement a 10-year license plate
replacement requirement program requiring drivers to pay $25 for new
license plates and an additional $20 to keep their current plate number.

Under current law the DMV is allowed to charge up to $25 for license
plates, while this bill would keep that amount equal to or below the
cost to manufacture and distribute the license plates. The bill would
also prevent the state from charging additional fees for drivers to keep
their license plate number when the state implements an unnecessary
design change. Finally, the bill requires DOCCS to produce an annual
report that details the cost of making the license plates so the infor-
mation will be transparent and readily available.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S6693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6693
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             September 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fees charged
   for the issuance of number plates; and to amend the correction law, in
   relation to requiring a report on the costs of  manufacturing  license
   plates

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 401 of the  vehicle
 and  traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part H of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   a. Upon filing of such application and the payment of the fee  herein-
 after  provided,  the  commissioner shall assign to such motor vehicle a
 distinctive number and, without expense  to  the  applicant,  issue  and
 deliver  in  such  manner  as the commissioner may select to the owner a
 certificate of registration, in such  form  as  the  commissioner  shall
 prescribe, and two number plates at a place within the state of New York
 named by the applicant in his or her application. A number plate, within
 the meaning of this chapter, may, in the discretion of the commissioner,
 be  a  plate  of a permanent nature, treated with reflectorized material
 according to specifications prescribed by the commissioner, and  with  a
 date tag attached to such plate or to the vehicle as prescribed by regu-
 lations  of the commissioner indicating the validity of the plate during
 a certain period and the issuance of such a number plate with such  date
 tag to a person possessing such a number plate shall be deemed the issu-
 ance  of  a  number plate. An additional fee, not to exceed [twenty-five
 dollars] THE ACTUAL COST OF MANUFACTURING A NUMBER PLATE, shall be  paid
 to  the  commissioner  whenever  a set of reflectorized number plates is
 issued for any vehicle for which a registration fee is normally  charged
 except  that,  with  respect  to  any number plate which is specifically
 requested by the applicant, such fee shall be paid to  the  commissioner
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13728-01-9

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 upon  approval  of such request. In the event of the loss, mutilation or
 destruction of any certificate of registration, any number plate or  set
 of number plates whether with or without a date tag or tags, or any date
 tag  or  set  of  date tags provided for in this article, the owner of a
 registered motor vehicle may file such statement and proof of the  facts
 as  the  commissioner shall require, with a fee of three dollars, in the
 office of the commissioner, or, unless and until the commissioner  shall
 otherwise direct, in the office of the agent who issued the certificate,
 plate,  plates, tag or tags and the commissioner or his or her agent, as
 the case may be, shall issue a duplicate or substitute. It shall be  the
 duty  of every owner holding a certificate of registration to notify the
 commissioner in writing of any change of residence of such person within
 ten days after such change occurs, and to inscribe on such  certificate,
 in  the  place  provided by the commissioner, a record of such change of
 residence.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 403 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
   D.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 NO SUCH ONE-TIME FEE SHALL BE CHARGED FOR  ANY  PLATES  REQUIRED  TO  BE
 REPLACED  DUE  TO  ANY  NUMBER  PLATE  DESIGN CHANGES IMPLEMENTED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER.
   § 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2  of  section  186  of  the
 correction law, as amended by section 29 of subpart A of part C of chap-
 ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   The  prices  established by the commissioner shall be based upon costs
 as determined pursuant to this  subdivision,  but  shall  not  exceed  a
 reasonable  fair market price determined at or within ninety days before
 the time of sale. Fair market price as used herein means  the  price  at
 which a vendor of the same or similar product or service who is regular-
 ly  engaged in the business of selling such product or service offers to
 sell such a product or service under similar terms in the  same  market.
 However,  the  price  established by the commissioner for license plates
 sold to the New York state department of  motor  vehicles  shall  in  no
 event exceed an amount approved by the director of the budget. BEGINNING
 APRIL  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, THE TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT  OF THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE COSTS OF MANUFAC-
 TURING SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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