New York S 1599: Relates to the registered weight of tow trucks

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S01599 Summary:

BILL NOS01599 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §401-b, V & T L

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Increases, from 8,600 pounds to 10,000 pounds, the gross vehicle weight rating of vehicles engaged in commercial towing that must be registered as tow trucks.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1599

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 the regis-
 tered weight of tow trucks

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

 1 Section 1. Section 401-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 chapter 552 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 401-b. Registration of tow trucks. Every motor vehicle engaged in
 4 commercial towing in this state shall be registered and identified as a
 5 tow truck, as hereinafter provided. No motor vehicle shall be registered
 6 as a tow truck unless it shall have a gross vehicle weight rating of at
 7 least [eighty-six hundred] ten thousand pounds and the application for
 8 such registration is accompanied by proof of financial security which
 9 shall meet the requirements of article six of this chapter. Upon
 10 payment of the fees set forth in schedule H of subdivision seven of
 11 section four hundred one of this article, such a motor vehicle shall be
 12 issued a license plate identifying it as a "tow truck". It shall consti-
 13 tute a class A misdemeanor to engage in commercial towing with a tow
 14 truck that is not registered pursuant to this section.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02464-01-5

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