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                                   8866
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
   antique motor vehicles from annual motor vehicle safety inspections
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision (e) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new
 subdivision (g) is added to read as follows:
   (e) The requirements of air contamination emission  system  inspection
 shall  not  apply  to  ANTIQUE  OR  historical motor vehicles registered
 pursuant to schedule G of subdivision seven of section four hundred  one
 of this chapter unless required by federal law.
   (G)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY,
 ANTIQUE OR HISTORICAL MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL BE  EXEMPT  FROM  THE  ANNUAL
 SAFETY INSPECTION PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Schedule  G  of subdivision 7 of section 401 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, as amended by section 25 of part G of  chapter  59  of  the
 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   G.  Schedule  for ANTIQUE OR historical motor vehicles. For each motor
 vehicle which is owned and operated as an exhibition piece or collectors
 item, and is used for participation in club activities, exhibit,  tours,
 parades,  occasional  transportation  and similar uses, but not used for
 general daily transportation, an annual fee of twenty-eight dollars  and
 seventy-five  cents.  For  purposes of this paragraph, [a] AN ANTIQUE OR
 historical motor vehicle shall mean any vehicle manufactured [more  than
 twenty-five]  AT  LEAST  FIFTY years prior to the current calendar year,
 and any other model, year and type vehicle which has  unique  character-
 istics  and which is determined by the commissioner to be of historical,
 classic or exhibition value.   Registration  plates  for  such  vehicles
 shall be of a type and design approved by the commissioner, but shall be
 of  a distinctive nature.  Except that, with the approval of the commis-
 sioner, an owner of any such vehicle  may  utilize  registration  plates
 issued  in  the  year  corresponding to the model year date in which the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 vehicle was manufactured, if the registration plate is legible, durable,
 and serviceable, of this state, and accurate in color, as determined  by
 the department. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit
 the  use  of  previously  issued  registration  plates  that  have  been
 restored, without deviation from their original alphanumeric or pictori-
 al content, to such condition  as  otherwise  satisfies  all  applicable
 requirements.  Such  plates  shall be used only for the operation of the
 motor vehicle listed on the registration application and on other  motor
 vehicles  which would qualify for registration under this schedule owned
 by persons other than the registrant for the purpose of test driving  by
 the registrant or his or her agent in anticipation of possible purchase.
 No such registration will be issued unless evidence of financial securi-
 ty,  in  a  form  prescribed  by  the  commissioner,  is submitted which
 provides coverage for the  motor  vehicle  listed  on  the  registration
 application  and  for  non-owned motor vehicles being operated with such
 plates.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.