S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7604--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 10, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- (at request of the Department of Motor
Vehicles) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
-- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with
Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing the
commissioner to require an electronic transfer of vehicles and to
establish separate fees for paper and electronic transfers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 415 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by section 1-b of part A of chapter 63 of the laws of
3 2005, is amended to read as follows:
4 6. Fees. Every original application for registration as a dealer or
5 transporter shall be accompanied by an application fee of thirty-seven
6 dollars and fifty cents, which shall in no event be refunded. The annual
7 fee for registration as a dealer or transporter or for renewal thereof
8 shall be two hundred twenty-five dollars. The annual fee for any other
9 registration under this section shall be fifty dollars. However, the
10 commissioner may, in his discretion, issue a renewal of either registra-
11 tion for a period of two years. The fee for a two-year renewal shall be
12 twice the annual fee. The annual fee for dealer or transporter number
13 plates shall be twenty dollars for each set. If the commissioner issues
14 to dealers a document which is required to be used by a dealer to sell
15 or transfer a vehicle, the fee for the issuance of each such document
16 shall be five dollars. IN LIEU OF ISSUING SUCH DOCUMENT, THE COMMIS-
17 SIONER MAY, BY REGULATION, REQUIRE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON
18 SUCH DOCUMENT BE TRANSMITTED TO THE COMMISSIONER ELECTRONICALLY AND
19 STORED ELECTRONICALLY BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE FEE FOR TRANSMITTING SUCH
20 INFORMATION ELECTRONICALLY SHALL BE FIVE DOLLARS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
21 PROVIDE THAT SUCH ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION BE WAIVED WHEN A DEALER SHOWS
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09736-04-2
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1 GOOD CAUSE THAT THE DEALER CANNOT TRANSMIT THE INFORMATION ELECTRON-
2 ICALLY. There shall be no refund of registration fee or fees for number
3 plates in the event of suspension, revocation or voluntary cancellation
4 of registration. The fee for any such transfer document issued by the
5 commissioner shall be refunded only upon the surrender of such document
6 upon voluntary cancellation of registration.
7 S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 415 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
8 amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
9 6. Fees. Every original application for registration as a dealer or
10 transporter shall be accompanied by an application fee of twenty-five
11 dollars, which shall in no event be refunded. The annual fee for regis-
12 tration as a dealer or transporter or for renewal thereof shall be one
13 hundred fifty dollars. The annual fee for any other registration under
14 this section shall be fifty dollars. However, the commissioner may, in
15 his discretion, issue a renewal of either registration for a period of
16 two years. The fee for a two-year renewal shall be twice the annual fee.
17 The annual fee for dealer or transporter number plates shall be twenty
18 dollars for each set. If the commissioner issues to dealers a document
19 which is required to be used by a dealer to sell or transfer a vehicle,
20 the fee for the issuance of each such document shall be one dollar. IN
21 LIEU OF ISSUING SUCH DOCUMENT, THE COMMISSIONER MAY, BY REGULATION,
22 REQUIRE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON SUCH DOCUMENT BE TRANSMITTED
23 TO THE COMMISSIONER ELECTRONICALLY AND STORED ELECTRONICALLY BY THE
24 COMMISSIONER. THE FEE FOR TRANSMITTING SUCH INFORMATION ELECTRONICALLY
25 SHALL BE FIVE DOLLARS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE THAT SUCH ELEC-
26 TRONIC TRANSMISSION BE WAIVED WHEN A DEALER SHOWS GOOD CAUSE THAT THE
27 DEALER CANNOT TRANSMIT THE INFORMATION ELECTRONICALLY. There shall be no
28 refund of registration fee or fees for number plates in the event of
29 suspension, revocation or voluntary cancellation of registration. The
30 fee for any such transfer document issued by the commissioner shall be
31 refunded only upon the surrender of such document upon voluntary cancel-
32 lation of registration.
33 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately provided that the amend-
34 ments to subdivision 6 of section 415 of the vehicle and traffic law
35 made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and
36 reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 13 of part U-1 of
37 chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, as amended, when upon such date the
38 provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.