New York S 3957: Relates to registration fees for certain motor vehicles; repealer

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S03957 Summary:

BILL NOS03957 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSRGONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER

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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.

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3957

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER -- 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 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
 22 weight of at least three thousand pounds but less than four thousand
 23 pounds, fifteen cents per pound; for each pound of motor vehicle weight

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00303-02-5

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