New York A 941: Relates to registration fees for certain motor vehicles; repealer

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A00941 Summary:

BILL NOA00941A

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SAME ASSAME AS S03957

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SPONSORMamdani

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COSPNSRSimone, Gonzalez-Rojas, Shrestha, Bichotte Hermelyn, Levenberg, Valdez

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §401 sub 21, amd §401, V & T L

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Increases fees for the registration of larger, heavier motor vehicles; provides a waiver for a portion of weight added by batteries in electric vehicles.

Go to top A00941 Actions:

BILL NOA00941A

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

02/19/2025amend and recommit to transportation

02/19/2025print number 941a

01/05/2026enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 941--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MAMDANI, SIMONE, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SHRESTHA,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation -- 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 registration
 fees for certain vehicles; and to repeal certain provisions of such
 law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph a of subdivision 6 of
 2 section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of
 3 part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended and two new para-
 4 graphs a-1 and a-2 are added to read as follows:
 5 [The] Prior to January first, two thousand twenty-six, the following
 6 fees shall be paid to the commissioner, or agent, upon the registration
 7 or reregistration of a motor vehicle, including a suburban, in accord-
 8 ance with the provisions of this article:
 9 a-1. Beginning in two thousand twenty-six, the commissioner shall be
 10 authorized to incrementally increase registration and reregistration
 11 fees annually until such fees reach the amounts set forth in paragraph
 12 a-two of this subdivision.
 13 a-2. (i) Beginning in two thousand thirty, the following fees shall be
 14 paid to the commissioner, or agent, upon the registration or reregistra-
 15 tion of a motor vehicle which is a sedan, hardtop, coupe, convertible,
 16 station wagon or hatchback in accordance with the provisions of this
 17 article:
 18 The first nineteen hundred ninety-nine pounds of the weight of such
 19 motor vehicle, fully equipped, zero cents per pound; for each pound of
 20 motor vehicle weight of at least two thousand pounds but less than three
 21 thousand pounds, ten cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00303-04-5

 A. 941--A 2

 1 weight of at least three thousand pounds but less than four thousand
 2 pounds, fifteen cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight
 3 of at least four thousand pounds but less than five thousand pounds,
 4 twenty-one cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of at
 5 least five thousand pounds but less than six thousand pounds, thirty-one
 6 cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of at least six
 7 thousand pounds but less than seven thousand pounds, forty-five cents
 8 per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of at least seven
 9 thousand pounds but less than eight thousand pounds, sixty-six cents per
 10 pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight of at least eight thousand
 11 pounds but less than nine thousand pounds, ninety-seven cents per pound;
 12 for each pound of motor vehicle weight of nine thousand pounds or great-
 13 er, one dollar and forty-one cents per pound.
 14 (ii) Beginning in two thousand thirty, the following fees shall be
 15 paid to the commissioner, or agent, upon the registration or reregistra-
 16 tion of a motor vehicle which is a sports utility vehicle, minivan, or
 17 truck in accordance with the provisions of this article:
 18 The first nineteen hundred ninety-nine poun