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A08450 Summary:

BILL NOA08450B
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07703-B
 
SPONSORBores
 
COSPNSRSimone, Epstein, Weprin, Colton, Seawright, Chang, Berger, Gonzalez-Rojas, Levenberg, Tapia, Simon, Fahy, Lee, Rosenthal L, Raga
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §2261, V & T L
 
Requires limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale.
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A08450 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8450B
 
SPONSOR: Bores
  PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that all limited use motorcycles are registered at the point of sale.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one: amends section 2267-a of the vehicle and traffic law by adding new subdivisions one through 11, which require that dealers of limited use motorcycles issue temporary registration tags to those purchasing such vehicles, only after obtaining from the customer and submitting to the Department of Motor Vehicles all necessary documenta- tion and completed forms, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. Section two is the effective date.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): Conforming changes to Senate version   JUSTIFICATION: The use of mopeds, legally known as limited use motorcycles, has risen dramatically across New York City in the past year, but all too often they are unregistered and unlicensed as required under state law. Unreg- istered vehicles can ride with impunity and have endangered pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists, with some incidents even resulting in fatali- ties. Unlike other vehicle types, like ATVs, mopeds are not currently required to be registered at the point of sale. Closing this loophole and requiring that all mopeds are registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles at the point of sale would help ensure we have safe streets and accountability for these vehicles.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None   EFFECTIVE DATE: Act takes effect on the 180th day after it shall become law.
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A08450 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8450--B
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    December 29, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  BORES,  SIMONE,  EPSTEIN,  WEPRIN,  COLTON,
          SEAWRIGHT, CHANG, BERGER,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  LEVENBERG,  TAPIA,  SIMON,
          FAHY  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation --
          recommitted to the Committee  on  Transportation  in  accordance  with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
          reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
          limited use motorcycles to be registered at point of sale
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2261 of the vehi-
     2  cle and traffic law, as amended by section 19 of part G of chapter 59 of
     3  the laws of 2009, is amended and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (b)  The  annual  fee for the registration, renewal, reregistration or
     6  amendment or duplicate of a registration of  a  limited  use  motorcycle
     7  shall  be six dollars and twenty-five cents. Any such registration [will
     8  commence], renewal, or reregistration shall take effect  and  expire  on
     9  dates to be determined by the commissioner. A fee for a registration for
    10  periods of more or less than one year shall not be prorated.
    11    6.  Registration  at  time  of  sale. Every limited use motorcycle, as
    12  defined by section one hundred twenty-one-b of this chapter, sold  by  a
    13  dealer  shall  be  registered  at the time of sale of such vehicle. Such
    14  registration shall take effect and expire on dates to be  determined  by
    15  the  commissioner.  Any  limited use motorcycle purchased for use exclu-
    16  sively outside of the state of New York shall not  require  registration
    17  at  the time of purchase, and the purchaser of such limited use motorcy-
    18  cle shall sign a declaration, provided by the dealer, which shall  state
    19  that such purchaser understands the conditions under which a limited use
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13236-06-4

        A. 8450--B                          2
 
     1  motorcycle  must  be  registered  and  the penalty for violation of such
     2  registration provisions. Each signed declaration shall be  forwarded  by
     3  the  dealer  to  the commissioner. The form of such declaration shall be
     4  provided by the commissioner to each dealer.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     6  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     7  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     8  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     9  completed on or before such effective date.
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