Bill Text: NY S06657 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Increases fees for the registration of larger, heavier motor vehicles; provides a waiver for a portion of weight added by batteries in electric vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06657 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S06657-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6657--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee 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: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph a of subdivision 6 of 2 section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of 3 part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended and two new para- 4 graphs a-1 and a-2 are added to read as follows: 5 [The] Prior to January first, two thousand twenty-four, the following 6 fees shall be paid to the commissioner, or agent, upon the registration 7 or reregistration of a motor vehicle, including a suburban, in accord- 8 ance with the provisions of this article: 9 a-1. Beginning in two thousand twenty-four, the commissioner shall be 10 authorized to incrementally increase registration and reregistration 11 fees annually until such fees reach the amounts set forth in paragraph 12 a-two of this subdivision. 13 a-2.(i) Beginning in two thousand thirty, the following fees shall be 14 paid to the commissioner, or agent, upon the registration or reregistra- 15 tion of a motor vehicle which is a sedan, hardtop, coupe, convertible, 16 station wagon or hatchback in accordance with the provisions of this 17 article: 18 The first nineteen hundred ninety-nine pounds of the weight of such 19 motor vehicle, fully equipped, zero cents per pound; for each pound of 20 motor vehicle weight of at least two thousand pounds but less than three 21 thousand pounds, ten cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle 22 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. LBD11077-04-3S. 6657--A 2 1 pounds, fifteen cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight 2 of at least four thousand pounds but less than five thousand pounds, 3 twenty-one cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of at 4 least five thousand pounds but less than six thousand pounds, thirty-one 5 cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of at least six 6 thousand pounds but less than seven thousand pounds, forty-five cents 7 per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of at least seven 8 thousand pounds but less than eight thousand pounds, sixty-six cents per 9 pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of at least eight thousand 10 pounds but less than nine thousand pounds, ninety-seven cents per pound; 11 for each pound of motor vehicle weight of nine thousand pounds or great- 12 er, one dollar and forty-one cents per pound. 13 (ii) Beginning in two thousand thirty, the following fees shall be 14 paid to the commissioner, or agent, upon the registration or reregistra- 15 tion of a motor vehicle which is a sports utility vehicle, minivan, or 16 truck in accordance with the provisions of this article: 17 The first nineteen hundred ninety-nine pounds of the weight of such 18 motor vehicle, fully equipped, ten cents per pound; for each pound of 19 motor vehicle weight of at least two thousand pounds but less than three 20 thousand pounds, fifteen cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehi- 21 cle weight of at least three thousand pounds but less than four thousand 22 pounds, twenty-two cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle 23 weight of at least four thousand pounds but less than five thousand 24 pounds, thirty-two cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle 25 weight of at least five thousand pounds but less than six thousand 26 pounds, forty-seven cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle 27 weight of at least six thousand pounds but less than seven thousand 28 pounds, sixty-eight cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle 29 weight of at least seven thousand pounds but less than eight thousand 30 pounds, one dollar per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of 31 at least eight thousand pounds but less than nine thousand pounds, one 32 dollar and forty-five cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle 33 weight of nine thousand pounds or greater, two dollars and twelve cents 34 per pound. 35 (iii) For the registration or reregistration of any motor vehicle in 36 accordance with subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph that 37 produces zero emissions and weighs no more than five thousand pounds, 38 the fee for one thousand pounds of motor vehicle weight at a rate of ten 39 cents per pound shall be waived. 40 (iv) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, for 41 motor vehicles described in subdivision seven of this section, the fee 42 for such registration shall be as therein prescribed. 43 (v) The curb weight of motor vehicle shall be accepted as the weight 44 for the purpose of registration and reregistration under this paragraph. 45 § 2. Subdivision 21 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is 46 REPEALED and a new subdivision 21 is added to read as follows: 47 21. a. The commissioner shall deposit daily the percentages listed 48 below of all fees collected or received by the commissioner pursuant to 49 certain registration fees imposed by (i) paragraphs a, a-one and a-two 50 of subdivision six of this section, (ii) all schedules of subdivision 51 seven of this section, and (iii) paragraph a of subdivision eight of 52 this section in a responsible bank, banking house or trust company, 53 which shall pay the highest rate of interest to the state for such 54 deposit to the credit of the comptroller on account of the dedicated 55 highway and bridge trust fund established pursuant to section eighty- 56 nine-b of the state finance law. Annually, the commissioner shall soS. 6657--A 3 1 deposit such registration fees so collected or so received after March 2 thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four until such time as the annual 3 financial plan of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund and the 4 dedicated mass transportation trust fund are met. Thereafter, seventy- 5 five percent of such registration fees collected shall be directed to 6 funding new state and local street safety projects including but not 7 limited to protected bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization 8 of streets, pedestrian islands, raised crosswalks, chicanes, turn calm- 9 ing, rumble strips, leading pedestrian intervals and curb and sidewalk 10 extensions. The remaining twenty-five percent shall be expended for 11 maintenance, repair, and revitalization of state and local roadways, 12 with a preference for projects that utilize green asphalt. The afore- 13 mentioned funds for street safety and roadway projects shall be prior- 14 itized for use in local projects before use in state projects. Every 15 bank, banking house or trust company that accepts such deposits shall 16 execute and file in the office of the department of audit and control an 17 undertaking to the state, in the sum, and with such sureties, as are 18 required and approved by the comptroller for the safe keeping and prompt 19 payment on legal demand therefor of all such moneys held by or on depos- 20 it in such bank, banking house, or trust company, with interest thereon 21 on daily balances at such rate as the comptroller may fix. Every such 22 undertaking shall have endorsed thereon or annexed thereto the approval 23 of the attorney general as to its form. 24 b. Of the revenues so deposited, the comptroller shall retain in their 25 hands such amount as the commissioner may determine to be necessary for 26 refunds or reimbursements of the fees collected or received pursuant to 27 (i) paragraphs a, a-one and a-two of subdivision six of this section, 28 (ii) all schedules of subdivision seven of this section, and (iii) para- 29 graph a of subdivision eight of this section to which registrants shall 30 be entitled under the provisions of this article, out of which amount 31 the commissioner shall pay any refunds or reimbursements of the fees 32 collected or received pursuant to paragraphs a, a-one and a-two of 33 subdivision six, all schedules of subdivision seven and paragraph a of 34 subdivision eight of this section to which registrants shall be entitled 35 under such provisions. The comptroller, after reserving the amount to 36 pay such refunds or reimbursements, shall, on or before the last day of 37 each month, deposit the balance of the revenue so deposited during such 38 month into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund established 39 pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law and the mass 40 transportation trust fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-c 41 of the state finance law. 42 c. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, eleven 43 dollars and fifty cents of the registration fees collected pursuant to 44 paragraph a of subdivision five of section four hundred ten of this 45 title shall be deposited pursuant to this subdivision. Three dollars and 46 fifty cents of such fees collected in relation to applications for new 47 registrations and renewals of existing registrations shall be deposited 48 to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund. Two 49 dollars and fifty cents of such registration fees shall be deposited 50 into the motorcycle safety fund established pursuant to section ninety- 51 two-g of the state finance law. 52 § 3. The commissioner of the department of transportation shall submit 53 a report to the governor and the legislature annually that lists, by 54 county, the street safety projects and roadway improvement projects 55 funded by paragraph a of subdivision 21 of section 410 of the vehicle 56 and traffic law, as added by section two of this act. The report shallS. 6657--A 4 1 also include, by county, vehicle weight data, the number of vehicles 2 receiving a fee reduction for producing zero emissions and the number of 3 vehicles categorized by vehicle weight involved in crashes with pedes- 4 trians, cyclists or other vehicles resulting in serious injuries or 5 fatalities. The report shall be made publicly available on the depart- 6 ment of transportation website. 7 § 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.
