New York A 788: Requires that the distinctive license plate numbers issued to the owner of a registered motor vehicle be changed within a week after such plates being stolen

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A00788 Summary:

BILL NOA00788 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBerger

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §401, V & T L

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Requires that the distinctive license plate numbers issued to the owner of a registered motor vehicle be changed and the registration record for such motor vehicle be updated to reflect such change within a week after such plates being stolen.

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BILL NOA00788 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 788

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 that the distinctive license plate numbers issued to an owner of a
 registered motor vehicle be updated within seven days of such plate or
 plates being stolen

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle
 2 and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part H of chapter 59 of the
 3 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 4 a. (i) Upon filing of such application and the payment of the fee
 5 hereinafter provided, the commissioner shall assign to such motor vehi-
 6 cle a distinctive number and, without expense to the applicant, issue
 7 and deliver in such manner as the commissioner may select to the owner a
 8 certificate of registration, in such form as the commissioner shall
 9 prescribe, and two number plates at a place within the state of New York
 10 named by the applicant in [his or her] such applicant's application. A
 11 number plate, within the meaning of this chapter, may, in the discretion
 12 of the commissioner, be a plate of a permanent nature, treated with
 13 reflectorized material according to specifications prescribed by the
 14 commissioner, and with a date tag attached to such plate or to the vehi-
 15 cle as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner indicating the
 16 validity of the plate during a certain period and the issuance of such a
 17 number plate with such date tag to a person possessing such a number
 18 plate shall be deemed the issuance of a number plate. An additional fee,
 19 not to exceed twenty-five dollars, shall be paid to the commissioner
 20 whenever a set of reflectorized number plates is issued for any vehicle
 21 for which a registration fee is normally charged except that, with
 22 respect to any number plate which is specifically requested by the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00982-01-5

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 1 applicant, such fee shall be paid to the commissioner upon approval of
 2 such request. In the event of the loss, mutilation or destruction of any
 3 certificate of registration, any number plate or set of number plates
 4 whether with or without a date tag or tags, or any date tag or set of
 5 date tags provided for in this article, the owner of a registered motor
 6 vehicle may file such statement and proof of the facts as the commis-
 7 sioner shall require, with a fee of three dollars, in the office of the
 8 commissioner, or, unless and until the commissioner shall otherwise
 9 direct, in the office of the agent who issued the certificate, plate,
 10 plates, tag or tags and the commissioner or [his or her] the commission-
 11 er's agent, as the case may be, shall issue a duplicate or substitute.
 12 (ii) (A) In the event that any number plate or set of number plates
 13 issued by the commissioner for a registered motor vehicle pursuant to
 14 subparagraph (i) of this paragraph has been stolen, the owner of such
 15 registered motor vehicle may file such statement and proof of the facts
 16 as the commissioner shall require, with a fee of three dollars, in the
 17 office of the commissioner, or, unless and until the commissioner shall
 18 otherwise direct, in the office of the agent who