NY State Senate Bill 2015-S4241B

Senate Bill S4241B

Signed By Governor

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to fees for registration and reregistration of an agricultural trailer

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 11, 2015	signed chap.527
Nov 30, 2015	delivered to governor
Jun 11, 2015	returned to assembly passed senate substituted for s4241b
Jun 11, 2015	substituted by a5653b
Jun 08, 2015	advanced to third reading
Jun 03, 2015	2nd report cal.
Jun 02, 2015	1st report cal.1221
May 18, 2015	print number 4241b
May 18, 2015	amend and recommit to transportation
Apr 15, 2015	print number 4241a
Apr 15, 2015	amend and recommit to transportation
Mar 11, 2015	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 11, 2015 - Floor Vote
  A5653
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2015
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
      
      nay (1)
      
      Espaillat
      
      excused (2)
      
      Diaz
      
      Libous
  Jun 2, 2015 - Transportation Committee Vote
  S4241B
  
  18
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Transportation Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2015
      
      aye (18)
      
      Avella
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Kennedy
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Martins
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Panepinto

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2015-S4241 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5653
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §401, V & T L

2015-S4241 - Summary

Relates to fees for registration and reregistration of an agricultural trailer.

2015-S4241 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4241

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to fees for the registration or reregistration of an
agricultural trailer

PURPOSE:

To provide a separate registration for agricultural trailers

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 401 of
the vehicle and traffic law to allow for registration of an
agricultural trailer. This amendment provides restrictions for
agricultural trailers that are similar to those for agricultural
trucks. The registration fee would be set at half the cost of a
regular trailer.

Section two is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Registered agricultural trucks are only allowed on public highways
when being used for the planting, cultivation and harvesting of
agricultural, vegetable and food products; the raising, feeding and

care of livestock, bees, and poultry; or dairy farming. Individuals
who register their agricultural trucks pay a smaller fee than those
who register other types of trucks. However, there is no similar
distinction for registration between trailers that are used only for
agricultural purposes and those trailers that are used for other
purposes. Individuals who use their trailers in a manner similar to
the use of agricultural trucks must pay the full registration fee,
despite their limited agricultural use.

Requiring farmers to pay the full registration fee for trailers that
are only used for limited agricultural activities is inconsistent with
the existing statute providing a reduced fee for other types of
agricultural vehicles. This bill seeks to remedy that inconsistency.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S4241 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4241

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fees for the
  registration or reregistration of an agricultural trailer

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 8 of section 401 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by section 13 of part G of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  a. The provisions of this chapter in relation  to  registration  books
and  registration,  certificates  of registration, number plates, dupli-
cates of certificates and  number  plates,  times  of  registration  and
reregistration and the duration thereof, for motor vehicles, shall apply
also to trailers. The following fees shall be paid upon the registration
or reregistration of a trailer, other than a coach or house trailer or a
semitrailer,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of this article: The
annual fee of five dollars and thirty-nine cents for each  five  hundred
pounds  or fraction thereof of maximum gross weight but in no case shall
the annual fee be less than fourteen dollars and thirty-eight cents. The
following fees shall be paid upon the registration or reregistration  of
a coach or house trailer in accordance with the provisions of this arti-
cle:  The  annual fee of one dollar and seventy-three cents for each one
hundred pounds or major fraction thereof of unladen  weight  but  in  no
case shall the annual fee be less than twenty-one dollars and fifty-sev-
en  cents.  THE  FOLLOWING  FEES  SHALL BE PAID UPON THE REGISTRATION OR
REREGISTRATION OF  AN  AGRICULTURAL  TRAILER,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE: THE ANNUAL FEE OF TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY
CENTS FOR EACH FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS OR FRACTION THEREOF OF MAXIMUM  GROSS
WEIGHT  BUT  IN  NO CASE SHALL THE ANNUAL FEE BE LESS THAN SEVEN DOLLARS
AND NINETEEN CENTS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "AGRICULTURAL
TRAILER" SHALL MEAN A TRAILER OWNED BY A PERSON ENGAGED IN PRODUCTION BY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08756-02-5

S. 4241                             2

MEANS  OF  (I) THE PLANTING, CULTIVATION AND HARVESTING OF AGRICULTURAL,
VEGETABLE  AND  FOOD  PRODUCTS  OF  THE  SOIL,  INCLUDING  HORTICULTURAL
SPECIALTIES  SUCH  AS NURSING STOCK, ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS, ORNAMENTAL TREES
AND  FLOWERS,  (II) THE RAISING, FEEDING AND CARE OF LIVESTOCK, BEES AND
POULTRY OR (III) DAIRY FARMING. A MOTOR VEHICLE, REGISTERED AS AN "AGRI-
CULTURAL TRAILER" UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, SHALL BE OPERATED ON THE  PUBLIC
HIGHWAYS  ONLY  FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH AGRI-
CULTURAL TRAILER SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF HIS OR HER
OWN AGRICULTURAL OR DAIRY COMMODITIES OR SUPPLIES OR USE IN  CONJUNCTION
WITH  LUMBERING  OPERATIONS  CONNECTED  WITH  BUT ONLY INCIDENTAL TO THE
OPERATION OF A FARM. The following fees shall be paid upon the registra-
tion or reregistration of a semitrailer in accordance with provisions of
this article: The annual fee of twenty-eight  dollars  and  seventy-five
cents.  However, upon the request of the applicant upon the registration
or renewal of a registration of a nineteen hundred eighty-nine or  later
model  year semitrailer, such semitrailer may be registered for a period
of not less than five and one-half nor more than six and one-half  years
for  a  fee  of eighty-six dollars and twenty-five cents. A semitrailer,
used with any device for converting it to  a  trailer,  other  than  one
being  drawn  by  a  tractor semitrailer combination as part of a double
tandem combination, shall be registered as a trailer.
  For the purposes of this paragraph, the unladen weight of a  coach  or
house  trailer  shall  include  the  weight of any equipment permanently
attached to or installed in such trailer. Notwithstanding the  foregoing
provisions and pursuant to regulations and limitations to be established
by  the commissioner and upon payment of a fee of two dollars and thirty
cents therefor a temporary permit to move a coach or  house  trailer  on
the  public  highways  from  one  site to another shall be issued to the
owner thereof upon application therefor. Such application shall be  made
in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S4241A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5653
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §401, V & T L

2015-S4241A - Summary

Relates to fees for registration and reregistration of an agricultural trailer.

2015-S4241A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4241A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4241--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 fees for the
  registration or reregistration of an agricultural trailer

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 8 of section 401 of the vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by section 13 of part G of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  a. The provisions of this chapter in relation  to  registration  books
and  registration,  certificates  of registration, number plates, dupli-
cates of certificates and  number  plates,  times  of  registration  and
reregistration and the duration thereof, for motor vehicles, shall apply
also to trailers. The following fees shall be paid upon the registration
or reregistration of a trailer, other than a coach or house trailer or a
semitrailer,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of this article: The
annual fee of five dollars and thirty-nine cents for each  five  hundred
pounds  or fraction thereof of maximum gross weight but in no case shall
the annual fee be less than fourteen dollars and thirty-eight cents. The
following fees shall be paid upon the registration or reregistration  of
a coach or house trailer in accordance with the provisions of this arti-
cle:  The  annual fee of one dollar and seventy-three cents for each one
hundred pounds or major fraction thereof of unladen  weight  but  in  no
case shall the annual fee be less than twenty-one dollars and fifty-sev-
en  cents.  THE  FOLLOWING  FEES  SHALL BE PAID UPON THE REGISTRATION OR
REREGISTRATION OF  AN  AGRICULTURAL  TRAILER,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE: THE ANNUAL FEE OF TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY
CENTS FOR EACH FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS OR FRACTION THEREOF OF MAXIMUM  GROSS
WEIGHT  BUT  IN  NO CASE SHALL THE ANNUAL FEE BE LESS THAN SEVEN DOLLARS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08756-04-5

S. 4241--A                          2

AND NINETEEN CENTS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "AGRICULTURAL
TRAILER" SHALL MEAN A TRAILER OWNED BY A PERSON ENGAGED IN PRODUCTION BY
MEANS  OF  (I) THE PLANTING, CULTIVATION AND HARVESTING OF AGRICULTURAL,
VEGETABLE  AND  FOOD  PRODUCTS  OF  THE  SOIL,  INCLUDING  HORTICULTURAL
SPECIALTIES SUCH AS NURSING STOCK, ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS,  ORNAMENTAL  TREES
AND  FLOWERS,  (II) THE RAISING, FEEDING AND CARE OF LIVESTOCK, BEES AND
POULTRY OR (III) DAIRY FARMING. A TRAILER REGISTERED AS AN "AGRICULTURAL
TRAILER" UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE OPERATED ON THE  PUBLIC  HIGHWAYS
ONLY  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH AGRICULTURAL
TRAILER SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION  OF  HIS  OR  HER  OWN
AGRICULTURAL  OR  DAIRY  COMMODITIES  OR SUPPLIES OR USED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH LUMBERING OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH  BUT  ONLY  INCIDENTAL  TO  THE
OPERATION OF A FARM. The following fees shall be paid upon the registra-
tion or reregistration of a semitrailer in accordance with provisions of
this  article:  The  annual fee of twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five
cents. However, upon the request of the applicant upon the  registration
or  renewal of a registration of a nineteen hundred eighty-nine or later
model year semitrailer, such semitrailer may be registered for a  period
of  not less than five and one-half nor more than six and one-half years
for a fee of eighty-six dollars and twenty-five  cents.  A  semitrailer,
used  with  any  device  for  converting it to a trailer, other than one
being drawn by a tractor semitrailer combination as  part  of  a  double
tandem combination, shall be registered as a trailer.
  For  the  purposes of this paragraph, the unladen weight of a coach or
house trailer shall include the  weight  of  any  equipment  permanently
attached  to or installed in such trailer. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions and pursuant to regulations and limitations to be established
by the commissioner and upon payment of a fee of two dollars and  thirty
cents  therefor  a  temporary permit to move a coach or house trailer on
the public highways from one site to another  shall  be  issued  to  the
owner  thereof upon application therefor. Such application shall be made
in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2015-S4241B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5653
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §401, V & T L

2015-S4241B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to fees for registration and reregistration of an agricultural trailer.

2015-S4241B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4241B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4241--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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  --  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 fees for the
  registration or reregistration of an agricultural trailer

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Schedule E of subdivision 7 of section 401 of  the  vehicle
and traffic law, as amended by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, paragraph
1  as  amended  by section 9 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009
and paragraph 2 as amended by chapter  642  of  the  laws  of  1998,  is
amended to read as follows:
  E.  Schedule for agricultural trucks AND AGRICULTURAL TRAILERS. 1. For
each agricultural truck AND AGRICULTURAL TRAILER, the annual fee of  two
dollars  and  fifty-one cents for each five hundred pounds maximum gross
weight, or fraction thereof.
  2. For the purposes of this schedule an "agricultural truck" shall  be
a  truck  AND  AN  AGRICULTURAL TRAILER SHALL BE A TRAILER, OTHER THAN A
COACH OR HOUSE TRAILER OR SEMITRAILER, owned  by  a  person  engaged  in
production  by  means of (a) the planting, cultivation and harvesting of
agricultural, vegetable and food products of the soil, including  horti-
cultural  specialties such as nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamen-
tal trees and flowers, (b) the raising, feeding and care of live  stock,
bees and poultry or (c) dairy farming. Such agricultural truck AND AGRI-
CULTURAL  TRAILER  shall  be used only for the transportation of his own
agricultural or dairy commodities or supplies or for personal  passenger
use,  or use in conjunction with lumbering operations connected with but
only incidental to the operation of a farm.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08756-06-5

S. 4241--B                          2

  3. A motor vehicle[,] registered as an "agricultural truck" under this
schedule[,] AND A TRAILER REGISTERED AS AN "AGRICULTURAL TRAILER"  UNDER
THIS  SCHEDULE  shall  be  operated  on the public highways only for the
purposes set forth in paragraph two hereof.
  4. An agricultural truck AND AN AGRICULTURAL TRAILER may be registered
or reregistered for periods of less than one calendar year upon applica-
tion forms furnished by the commissioner for such purpose, and the annu-
al fees as provided in this schedule shall be reduced proportionately on
a monthly computation basis.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.

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Patty Ritchie

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5653 - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

2015-S4241 - Details

2015-S4241 - Summary

2015-S4241 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4241 - Bill Text download pdf

2015-S4241A - Details

2015-S4241A - Summary

2015-S4241A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4241A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Patrick M. Gallivan

2015-S4241B (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S4241B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S4241B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4241B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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