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                                    941
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAMDANI,  SIMONE,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SHRESTHA,
   BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to registration
   fees  for  certain  vehicles; and to repeal certain provisions of such
   law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of paragraph a of subdivision 6 of
 section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section  1  of
 part  G  of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended and two new para-
 graphs a-1 and a-2 are added to read as follows:
   [The] PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX,  THE  following
 fees  shall be paid to the commissioner, or agent, upon the registration
 or reregistration of a motor vehicle, including a suburban,  in  accord-
 ance with the provisions of this article:
   A-1.  BEGINNING  IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED TO INCREMENTALLY  INCREASE  REGISTRATION  AND  REREGISTRATION
 FEES  ANNUALLY  UNTIL SUCH FEES REACH THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH
 A-TWO OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   A-2. (I) BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, THE FOLLOWING FEES SHALL BE
 PAID TO THE COMMISSIONER, OR AGENT, UPON THE REGISTRATION OR REREGISTRA-
 TION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS A SEDAN, HARDTOP,  COUPE,  CONVERTIBLE,
 STATION  WAGON  OR  HATCHBACK  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 ARTICLE:
   THE FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE POUNDS OF THE  WEIGHT  OF  SUCH
 MOTOR  VEHICLE,  FULLY EQUIPPED, ZERO CENTS PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF
 MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT OF AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN THREE
 THOUSAND POUNDS, TEN CENTS PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 WEIGHT  OF  AT  LEAST  THREE THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 POUNDS, FIFTEEN CENTS PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE  WEIGHT
 OF  AT  LEAST  FOUR  THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS,
 TWENTY-ONE CENTS PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT OF AT
 LEAST FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN SIX THOUSAND POUNDS, THIRTY-ONE
 CENTS  PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT OF AT LEAST SIX
 THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN SEVEN THOUSAND  POUNDS,  FORTY-FIVE  CENTS
 PER  POUND;  FOR  EACH  POUND  OF MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT OF AT LEAST SEVEN
 THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS, SIXTY-SIX CENTS PER
 POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT OF AT LEAST EIGHT THOUSAND
 POUNDS BUT LESS THAN NINE THOUSAND POUNDS, NINETY-SEVEN CENTS PER POUND;
 FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT OF NINE THOUSAND POUNDS OR GREAT-
 ER, ONE DOLLAR AND FORTY-ONE CENTS PER POUND.
   (II) BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, THE  FOLLOWING  FEES  SHALL  BE
 PAID TO THE COMMISSIONER, OR AGENT, UPON THE REGISTRATION OR REREGISTRA-
 TION  OF  A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS A SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE, MINIVAN, OR
 TRUCK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE:
   THE FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE POUNDS OF THE  WEIGHT  OF  SUCH
 MOTOR  VEHICLE,  FULLY  EQUIPPED, TEN CENTS PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF
 MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT OF AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN THREE
 THOUSAND POUNDS, FIFTEEN CENTS PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLE WEIGHT OF AT LEAST THREE THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND
 POUNDS,  TWENTY-TWO  CENTS  PER  POUND;  FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE
 WEIGHT OF AT LEAST FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS  BUT  LESS  THAN  FIVE  THOUSAND
 POUNDS,  THIRTY-TWO  CENTS  PER  POUND;  FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE
 WEIGHT OF AT LEAST FIVE THOUSAND  POUNDS  BUT  LESS  THAN  SIX  THOUSAND
 POUNDS,  FORTY-SEVEN  CENTS  PER  POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE
 WEIGHT OF AT LEAST SIX THOUSAND POUNDS  BUT  LESS  THAN  SEVEN  THOUSAND
 POUNDS,  SIXTY-EIGHT  CENTS  PER  POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE
 WEIGHT OF AT LEAST SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS  THAN  EIGHT  THOUSAND
 POUNDS,  ONE DOLLAR PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT OF
 AT LEAST EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS BUT LESS THAN NINE THOUSAND  POUNDS,  ONE
 DOLLAR  AND  FORTY-FIVE CENTS PER POUND; FOR EACH POUND OF MOTOR VEHICLE
 WEIGHT OF NINE THOUSAND POUNDS OR GREATER, TWO DOLLARS AND TWELVE  CENTS
 PER POUND.
   (III)  FOR  THE REGISTRATION OR REREGISTRATION OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPHS  (I)  AND  (II)  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH  THAT
 PRODUCES  ZERO  EMISSIONS  AND WEIGHS NO MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS,
 THE FEE FOR ONE THOUSAND POUNDS OF MOTOR VEHICLE WEIGHT AT A RATE OF TEN
 CENTS PER POUND SHALL BE WAIVED.
   (IV) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBPARAGRAPHS (I) AND (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, FOR
 MOTOR VEHICLES DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION,  THE  FEE
 FOR SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE AS THEREIN PRESCRIBED.
   (V)  THE  CURB WEIGHT OF MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL BE ACCEPTED AS THE WEIGHT
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGISTRATION AND REREGISTRATION UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. Subdivision 21 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic  law  is
 REPEALED and a new subdivision 21 is added to read as follows:
   21.  A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL DEPOSIT DAILY THE PERCENTAGES LISTED
 BELOW OF ALL FEES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT  TO
 CERTAIN  REGISTRATION  FEES IMPOSED BY (I) PARAGRAPHS A, A-ONE AND A-TWO
 OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION, (II) ALL  SCHEDULES  OF  SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN  OF  THIS  SECTION,  AND (III) PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
 THIS SECTION IN A RESPONSIBLE BANK,  BANKING  HOUSE  OR  TRUST  COMPANY,
 WHICH  SHALL  PAY  THE  HIGHEST  RATE  OF INTEREST TO THE STATE FOR SUCH
 DEPOSIT TO THE CREDIT OF THE COMPTROLLER ON  ACCOUNT  OF  THE  DEDICATED
 HIGHWAY  AND  BRIDGE  TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-
 NINE-B OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. ANNUALLY,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  SO
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 DEPOSIT  SUCH  REGISTRATION FEES SO COLLECTED OR SO RECEIVED AFTER MARCH
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX UNTIL  SUCH  TIME  AS  THE  ANNUAL
 FINANCIAL  PLAN  OF  THE DEDICATED HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND AND THE
 DEDICATED  MASS  TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND ARE MET. THEREAFTER, SEVENTY-
 FIVE PERCENT OF SUCH REGISTRATION FEES COLLECTED SHALL  BE  DIRECTED  TO
 FUNDING  NEW  STATE  AND  LOCAL STREET SAFETY PROJECTS INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO PROTECTED BIKE LANES, BOLLARDS, ROAD DIETS, PEDESTRIANIZATION
 OF STREETS, PEDESTRIAN ISLANDS, RAISED CROSSWALKS, CHICANES, TURN  CALM-
 ING,  RUMBLE  STRIPS, LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS AND CURB AND SIDEWALK
 EXTENSIONS.  THE REMAINING TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT  SHALL  BE  EXPENDED  FOR
 MAINTENANCE,  REPAIR,  AND  REVITALIZATION  OF STATE AND LOCAL ROADWAYS,
 WITH A PREFERENCE FOR PROJECTS THAT UTILIZE GREEN ASPHALT.   THE  AFORE-
 MENTIONED  FUNDS  FOR STREET SAFETY AND ROADWAY PROJECTS SHALL BE PRIOR-
 ITIZED FOR USE IN LOCAL PROJECTS BEFORE USE IN STATE  PROJECTS.    EVERY
 BANK,  BANKING  HOUSE  OR TRUST COMPANY THAT ACCEPTS SUCH DEPOSITS SHALL
 EXECUTE AND FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL AN
 UNDERTAKING TO THE STATE, IN THE SUM, AND WITH  SUCH  SURETIES,  AS  ARE
 REQUIRED AND APPROVED BY THE COMPTROLLER FOR THE SAFE KEEPING AND PROMPT
 PAYMENT ON LEGAL DEMAND THEREFOR OF ALL SUCH MONEYS HELD BY OR ON DEPOS-
 IT  IN SUCH BANK, BANKING HOUSE, OR TRUST COMPANY, WITH INTEREST THEREON
 ON DAILY BALANCES AT SUCH RATE AS THE COMPTROLLER MAY  FIX.  EVERY  SUCH
 UNDERTAKING  SHALL HAVE ENDORSED THEREON OR ANNEXED THERETO THE APPROVAL
 OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AS TO ITS FORM.
   B. OF THE REVENUES SO DEPOSITED, THE COMPTROLLER SHALL RETAIN IN THEIR
 HANDS SUCH AMOUNT AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY DETERMINE TO BE NECESSARY  FOR
 REFUNDS  OR REIMBURSEMENTS OF THE FEES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED PURSUANT TO
 (I) PARAGRAPHS A, A-ONE AND A-TWO OF SUBDIVISION SIX  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 (II) ALL SCHEDULES OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION, AND (III) PARA-
 GRAPH  A OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS SECTION TO WHICH REGISTRANTS SHALL
 BE ENTITLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, OUT  OF  WHICH  AMOUNT
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PAY  ANY REFUNDS OR REIMBURSEMENTS OF THE FEES
 COLLECTED OR RECEIVED PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPHS  A,  A-ONE  AND  A-TWO  OF
 SUBDIVISION  SIX,  ALL SCHEDULES OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN AND PARAGRAPH A OF
 SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS SECTION TO WHICH REGISTRANTS SHALL BE ENTITLED
 UNDER SUCH PROVISIONS. THE COMPTROLLER, AFTER RESERVING  THE  AMOUNT  TO
 PAY  SUCH REFUNDS OR REIMBURSEMENTS, SHALL, ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DAY OF
 EACH MONTH, DEPOSIT THE BALANCE OF THE REVENUE SO DEPOSITED DURING  SUCH
 MONTH  INTO  THE  DEDICATED  HIGHWAY  AND  BRIDGE TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-B OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND THE  MASS
 TRANSPORTATION  TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-C
 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   C. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS SECTION,  ELEVEN
 DOLLARS  AND  FIFTY CENTS OF THE REGISTRATION FEES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  TEN  OF  THIS
 TITLE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. THREE DOLLARS AND
 FIFTY  CENTS  OF SUCH FEES COLLECTED IN RELATION TO APPLICATIONS FOR NEW
 REGISTRATIONS AND RENEWALS OF EXISTING REGISTRATIONS SHALL BE  DEPOSITED
 TO  THE  CREDIT  OF  THE  DEDICATED  HIGHWAY  AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND. TWO
 DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS OF SUCH REGISTRATION  FEES  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED
 INTO  THE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-
 TWO-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 3. The commissioner of the department of transportation shall submit
 a report to the governor and the legislature  annually  that  lists,  by
 county,  the  street  safety  projects  and roadway improvement projects
 funded by paragraph a of  subdivision 21 of section 410 of  the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law, as added by section two of this act. The report shall
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 also include, by county, vehicle weight data,  the  number  of  vehicles
 receiving a fee reduction for producing zero emissions and the number of
 vehicles  categorized  by vehicle weight involved in crashes with pedes-
 trians,  cyclists  or  other  vehicles  resulting in serious injuries or
 fatalities.  The report shall be made publicly available on the  depart-
 ment of transportation website.
   § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.