STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2729 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 fees charged for license plates The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows: 3 e. The commissioner shall waive the payment of fees required by para- 4 graph a of this subdivision if the number plates applied for are 5 required due to a change in plate design. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06898-01-5