Senate Bill S1837

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prevents fees from being charged for the issuance of certain license plates

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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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2021-S1837 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1703
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §401, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6667, A8553
2023-2024: S3325, A1050

2021-S1837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prevents fees from being charged for the issuance of license plates where the vehicle has legible plates.

2021-S1837 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1837
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, LIU -- 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  preventing
   fees from being charged for the issuance of certain license plates
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. NO FEE SHALL BE PAID WHENEVER A SET OF REFLECTORIZED NUMBER  PLATES
 IS  ISSUED  FOR  ANY  VEHICLE  FOR  WHICH A REGISTRATION FEE IS NORMALLY
 CHARGED WHERE: (I) THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED A SET OF REFLECTOR-
 IZED NUMBER PLATES; (II) THE PLATES PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ARE STILL LEGIBLE;
 AND (III) THE PLATES BEING ISSUED ARE TO THE SAME REGISTERED  OWNER  AND
 VEHICLE  AS THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED PLATES. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO WHERE A VEHICLE OWNER REQUESTS NEW NUMBER PLATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04517-01-1

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