Senate Bill S7703

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale

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Current Bill Status Via A8450 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S7703 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8450
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2261, V & T L

2023-S7703 - Summary

Requires limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale.

2023-S7703 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7703 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7703
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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  requiring
   limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2261 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  REGISTRATION  AT  TIME  OF  SALE. EVERY LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE, AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER, SOLD  BY  A
 DEALER  SHALL  BE  REGISTERED  AT THE TIME OF SALE OF SUCH VEHICLE. SUCH
 REGISTRATION SHALL BE VALID UNTIL THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF AUGUST FOLLOW-
 ING THE DATE OF SUCH SALE;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  ANY  LIMITED  USE
 MOTORCYCLE  SOLD AFTER APRIL FIRST OF EACH YEAR SHALL BE ISSUED A REGIS-
 TRATION VALID UNTIL THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING
 THAT IN WHICH THE LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE IS SOLD. ANY LIMITED USE MOTOR-
 CYCLE PURCHASED FOR USE EXCLUSIVELY OUTSIDE OF THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK
 SHALL NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, AND THE PURCHAS-
 ER OF SUCH LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES SHALL SIGN A DECLARATION, PROVIDED BY
 THE DEALER, WHICH SHALL STATE THAT SUCH PURCHASER UNDERSTANDS THE CONDI-
 TIONS  UNDER  WHICH  A LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE MUST BE REGISTERED AND THE
 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION  OF  SUCH  REGISTRATION  PROVISIONS.  EACH  SIGNED
 DECLARATION  SHALL  BE FORWARDED BY THE DEALER TO THE COMMISSIONER.  THE
 FORM OF SUCH DECLARATION SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER  TO  EACH
 DEALER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13236-01-3

co-Sponsors

2023-S7703A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8450
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2261, V & T L

2023-S7703A - Summary

Requires limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale.

2023-S7703A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7703A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7703--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --
   recommitted to the Committee  on  Transportation  in  accordance  with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
   limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 2267-a to read as follows:
   § 2267-A. DEALERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS  OF LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES.  1.
 WHERE A DEALER HAVING A REGISTRATION UNDER  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION
 FOUR  HUNDRED  FIFTEEN  OF THIS CHAPTER SELLS OR TRANSFERS A LIMITED USE
 MOTORCYCLE, THEY SHALL ISSUE A TEMPORARY REGISTRATION FOR  SUCH  LIMITED
 USE  MOTORCYCLE, WHICH REGISTRATION SHALL PERMIT SUCH LIMITED USE MOTOR-
 CYCLE TO BE OPERATED AS A DULY REGISTERED VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY
 DAYS FROM THE  DATE  OF  ISSUANCE,  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
 NOTWITHSTANDING.  SUCH  TEMPORARY  REGISTRATION  MAY  BE EXTENDED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER FOR AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY DAYS AND SHALL CONSIST OF  A  FORM
 OR  FORMS  WHICH  SHALL BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMMISSIONER BY THE DEALER,
 AND EXECUTED, ISSUED AND DISPLAYED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS SECTION AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   2.  A QUALIFIED DEALER MAY OBTAIN TEMPORARY REGISTRATIONS TO BE ISSUED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  BY  APPLYING  TO  THE
 COMMISSIONER  AND  PAYING A FEE OF THREE DOLLARS FOR EACH SUCH TEMPORARY
 REGISTRATION. THE COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF TEMPORARY  REGIS-
 TRATIONS  GIVEN  TO  A  DEALER AT ANY ONE TIME OR THE NUMBER OF UNISSUED
 TEMPORARY REGISTRATIONS IN THE POSSESSION OF A DEALER AT ONE TIME.
   3. A QUALIFIED DEALER SHALL ISSUE A TEMPORARY REGISTRATION UNDER  THIS
 SECTION ONLY TO A PERSON TO WHOM THEY HAVE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED A LIMITED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13236-04-4

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2023-S7703B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8450
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2261, V & T L

2023-S7703B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale.

2023-S7703B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7703B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7703--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, CHU, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, PARKER, SALA-
   ZAR  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
   ted to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
   Transportation  in  accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2261 of the vehi-
 cle and traffic law, as amended by section 19 of part G of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2009, is amended and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as
 follows:
   (b)  The  annual  fee for the registration, renewal, reregistration or
 amendment or duplicate of a registration of  a  limited  use  motorcycle
 shall  be six dollars and twenty-five cents. Any such registration [will
 commence], RENEWAL, OR REREGISTRATION SHALL TAKE EFFECT  and  expire  on
 dates to be determined by the commissioner. A fee for a registration for
 periods of more or less than one year shall not be prorated.
   6.  REGISTRATION  AT  TIME  OF  SALE. EVERY LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE, AS
 DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER, SOLD  BY  A
 DEALER  SHALL  BE  REGISTERED  AT THE TIME OF SALE OF SUCH VEHICLE. SUCH
 REGISTRATION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND EXPIRE ON DATES TO BE  DETERMINED  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER.  ANY  LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE PURCHASED FOR USE EXCLU-
 SIVELY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL NOT  REQUIRE  REGISTRATION
 AT  THE TIME OF PURCHASE, AND THE PURCHASER OF SUCH LIMITED USE MOTORCY-
 CLE SHALL SIGN A DECLARATION, PROVIDED BY THE DEALER, WHICH SHALL  STATE
 THAT SUCH PURCHASER UNDERSTANDS THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A LIMITED USE
 MOTORCYCLE  MUST  BE  REGISTERED  AND  THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13236-07-4

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