A 6103: Eliminates the obligation for motorists in certain counties to pay the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration fee.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6103 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental regis- tration fee for certain counties The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by 2 section 1 of part B of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 § 499-a. Metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental 5 registration fee. Registrants residing in the metropolitan commuter 6 transportation district, except in the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, 7 Rockland and Orange, shall upon the registration or renewal of a motor 8 vehicle be charged a supplemental registration fee to be paid to the 9 commissioner or [his or her] their agent in accordance with the 10 provisions of this article. 11 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2 of section 12 503 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF 13 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 14 (i) Upon passage of the knowledge test required to obtain a learner's 15 permit, an applicant for a driver's license who resides in the metropol- 16 itan commuter transportation district established by section one thou- 17 sand two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, except in the 18 counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Orange, shall be required to 19 pay a supplemental fee of one dollar for each six months or portion 20 thereof of the period of validity of a learner's permit or license which 21 is or may be issued pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) or 22 (ii) of paragraph (b) of this subdivision. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06559-01-5 
 A. 6103 2 1 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c-3) of subdivision 2 of section 2 503 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF 3 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4 (i) Supplemental renewal fee in the metropolitan commuter transporta- 5 tion district. In addition to the fees required to be paid pursuant to 6 paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a supplemental fee of one dollar for 7 each six months or portion thereof of the validity of the license shall 8 be paid for renewal of a license of a person who resides in the metro- 9 politan commuter transportation district established by section one 10 thousand two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, except in 11 the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Orange, issued by the 12 commissioner. 13 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.