New York S 1955: Exempts antique motor vehicles from annual motor vehicle safety inspections

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S01955 Summary:

BILL NOS01955 

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORWEBER

&nbsp

COSPNSRWALCZYK

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §§301 & 401, V & T L

&nbsp

Exempts antique motor vehicles from annual motor vehicle safety inspections; modifies the definition of antique or historical motor vehicles.

Go to top S01955 Actions:

BILL NOS01955 

&nbsp

01/14/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Go to topS01955 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS01955 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS01955 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1955

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. WEBER, WALCZYK -- 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 exempting
 antique motor vehicles from annual motor vehicle safety inspections

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 301 of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new
 3 subdivision (g) is added to read as follows:
 4 (e) The requirements of air contamination emission system inspection
 5 shall not apply to antique or historical motor vehicles registered
 6 pursuant to schedule G of subdivision seven of section four hundred one
 7 of this chapter unless required by federal law.
 8 (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 9 antique or historical motor vehicles shall be exempt from the annual
 10 safety inspection provided for in subdivision (a) of this section.
 11 § 2. Schedule G of subdivision 7 of section 401 of the vehicle and
 12 traffic law, as amended by section 25 of part G of chapter 59 of the
 13 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 14 G. Schedule for antique or historical motor vehicles. For each motor
 15 vehicle which is owned and operated as an exhibition piece or collectors
 16 item, and is used for participation in club activities, exhibit, tours,
 17 parades, occasional transportation and similar uses, but not used for
 18 general daily transportation, an annual fee of twenty-eight dollars and
 19 seventy-five cents. For purposes of this paragraph, [a] an antique or
 20 historical motor vehicle shall mean any vehicle manufactured [more than
 21 twenty-five] at least fifty years prior to the current calendar year,
 22 and any other model, year and type vehicle which has unique character-
 23 istics and which is determined by the commissioner to be of historical,
 24 classic or exhibition value. Registration plates for such vehicles
 25 shall be of a type and design approved by the commissioner, but shall be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05520-01-5

 S. 1955 2

 1 of a distinctive nature. Except that, with the approval of the commis-
 2 sioner, an owner of any such vehicle may utilize registration plates
 3 issued in the year corresponding to the model year date in which the
 4 vehicle was manufactured, if the registration plate is legible, durable,
 5 and serviceable, of this state, and accurate in color, as determined by
 6 the department. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit
 7 the use of previously issued registration plates that have been
 8 restored, without deviation from their original alphanumeric or pictori-
 9 al content, to such condition as otherwise satisfies all applicable
 10 requirements. Such plates shall be used only for the operation of the
 11 motor vehicle listed on the registration application and on other motor
 12 vehicles which would qualify for registration under this schedule owned
 13 by persons other than the registrant for the purpose of test driving by
 14 the registrant or [his or her] the registrant's agent in anticipation of
 15 possible purchase. No such registration will be issued unless evidence
 16 of financial security, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, is
 17 submitted which provides coverage for the motor vehicle listed on the
 18 registration application an