Bill Text: NY S05474 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to exempting certain not-for-profit entities providing free legal services from fees charged for searching the records of the department of motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7932 [S05474 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05474-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 5474                                                  A. 7932
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 25, 2011
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
         portation
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  fees  for
         searches and copies of documents of the department of motor vehicles
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 202 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
    2  law,  as  amended by chapter 708 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read
    3  as follows:
    4    1. Except in those cases in which it is provided by law  that  no  fee
    5  shall  be  charged, the fees for searching the records of the department
    6  of motor vehicles kept pursuant to the provisions of  this  chapter  and
    7  for  furnishing  copies of documents in said department kept pursuant to
    8  the provisions of this chapter shall be as  provided  in  this  section.
    9  Provided,  however,  that  no  fee  shall be charged any public officer,
   10  board or body, volunteer fire company [or], volunteer ambulance service,
   11  OR LEGAL AID BUREAU OR SOCIETY  OR  OTHER  PRIVATE  ENTITY  WHEN  ACTING
   12  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SEVEN  HUNDRED  TWENTY-TWO OF THE COUNTY LAW, for
   13  searches or copies of documents to be used for a public purpose.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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