Bill Text: NY A10434 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Orange from the Metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental driver's permit and license registration fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-27 - referred to transportation [A10434 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10434-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10434
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 27, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  exempting
          certain   counties   from  the  Metropolitan  commuter  transportation
          district supplemental registration fee
          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 added by section 1 of part  A  of
    13  chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, 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.
    23    §  3.  Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c-3) of subdivision 2 of section
    24  503 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part  A  of
    25  chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    26    (i)  Supplemental renewal fee in the metropolitan commuter transporta-
    27  tion district. In addition to the fees required to be paid  pursuant  to
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  paragraph  (c) of this subdivision, a supplemental fee of one dollar for
     2  each six months or portion thereof of the validity of the license  shall
     3  be  paid  for renewal of a license of a person who resides in the metro-
     4  politan  commuter  transportation  district  established  by section one
     5  thousand two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, except  in
     6  the  counties  of  Dutchess,  Putnam, Rockland and Orange, issued by the
     7  commissioner.
     8    § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law.