Bill Text: NY A05599 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates the obligation for motorists in certain counties to pay the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A05599 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05599-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5599

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 16, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating
          the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental  regis-
          tration fee for certain counties

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as  added  by
     2  section  1  of  part  B of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 499-a. Metropolitan commuter  transportation  district  supplemental
     5  registration  fee.  Registrants  residing  in  the metropolitan commuter
     6  transportation district, except in the  counties  of  Dutchess,  Putnam,
     7  Rockland  and  Orange, shall upon the registration or renewal of a motor
     8  vehicle be charged a supplemental registration fee to  be  paid  to  the
     9  commissioner  or  his  or her agent in accordance with the provisions of
    10  this article.
    11    § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2  of  section
    12  503  of  the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF
    13  of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    14    (i) Upon passage of the knowledge test required to obtain a  learner's
    15  permit, an applicant for a driver's license who resides in the metropol-
    16  itan  commuter  transportation district established by section one thou-
    17  sand two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, except in  the
    18  counties  of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Orange, shall be required to
    19  pay a supplemental fee of one dollar for  each  six  months  or  portion
    20  thereof of the period of validity of a learner's permit or license which
    21  is  or  may  be issued pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) or
    22  (ii) of paragraph (b) of this subdivision.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08878-02-3
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     1    § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c-3) of subdivision 2  of  section
     2  503  of  the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF
     3  of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i)  Supplemental renewal fee in the metropolitan commuter transporta-
     5  tion district. In addition to the fees required to be paid  pursuant  to
     6  paragraph  (c) of this subdivision, a supplemental fee of one dollar for
     7  each six months or portion thereof of the validity of the license  shall
     8  be  paid  for renewal of a license of a person who resides in the metro-
     9  politan commuter transportation  district  established  by  section  one
    10  thousand  two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, except in
    11  the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and  Orange,  issued  by  the
    12  commissioner.
    13    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.