Senate Bill S7860

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the registration of limited use motorcycles

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-S7860 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8052
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §415, add §2267-a, V & T L

2023-S7860 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all limited use motorcycles sold in the State of New York be registered; relates to registration fees; authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to promulgate regulations.

2023-S7860 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7860
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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  requiring
   that  all  limited  use  motorcycles  sold in the state of New York be
   registered
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 16 of section 415 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2000, is amended
 to read as follows:
   b.  Except  as provided in paragraph c of this subdivision, any person
 who operates as a dealer without being registered shall be  required  to
 pay  to the people of this state a civil penalty in the sum of [one] TWO
 thousand dollars. However, any such person against whom such penalty has
 been assessed may avoid all but [five] SEVEN hundred  FIFTY  dollars  of
 such  penalty  by  obtaining a registration as required by this article,
 provided that application for such registration is made  not  more  than
 ten days after the imposition of such penalty.
   §  2.  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. NO
 PERSON SHALL ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING LIMITED USE  MOTORCYCLES,
 AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-B OF THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS
 THERE SHALL HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO THEM A DEALER REGISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY,
 BY REGULATION, PROVIDE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF DEALERS AS BEING DEALERS IN
 LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLES, AND SHALL MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE  ISSUANCE  OF
 APPROPRIATE DEALER DEMONSTRATOR NUMBER PLATES TO SUCH DEALERS.
   2.  NO DEALER SHALL ACQUIRE ANY LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF RESALE FOR USE ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS WITHIN THIS STATE  UNLESS  SUCH
 LIMITED USE MOTORCYCLE HAS A VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN A FORM AND
 MANNER  ACCEPTABLE  TO THE COMMISSIONER PERMANENTLY AFFIXED TO THE FRAME
 BY THE MANUFACTURER OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MANUFACTURER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13205-03-3
              

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