N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 411-b: Registration fee schedule for historical motorcycles

§ 411-b. Registration fee schedule for historical motorcycles. For

each motorcycle which is owned and operated as an exhibition piece or

collectors item, and is used for participation in club activities,

exhibit, tours, parades, occasional transportation and similar uses, but

not used for general daily transportation, an annual fee of twenty-five

dollars. For purposes of this section, a historical motorcycle shall

mean any motorcycle manufactured more than twenty-five years prior to

the current calendar year, and any other model, year and type motorcycle

which has unique characteristics and which is determined by the

commissioner to be of historical, classic or exhibition value.

Registration plates for such motorcycles shall be of a type and design

approved by the commissioner, but shall be of a distinctive nature,

except that, with the approval of the commissioner, an owner of any such

motorcycle may utilize registration plates of this state with the date

of year corresponding to the model year date when the vehicle was

manufactured, if the model year date registration plate is legible and

serviceable, as determined by the department, in lieu of the

registration plates otherwise required by this chapter. Such plates

shall be used only for the operation of the motorcycle listed on the

registration application and on other motorcycles which would qualify

for registration under this schedule owned by persons other than the

registrant for the purpose of test driving by the registrant or his

agent in anticipation of possible purchase. No such registration will be

issued unless evidence of financial security, in a form prescribed by

the commissioner, is submitted which provides coverage for the

motorcycle listed on the registration application and for non-owned

motorcycles being operated with such plates. Notwithstanding any

inconsistent provision of this section, the difference collected between

the fees set forth in this section in effect on and after September

first, two thousand nine and the fees set forth in this section in

effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the

dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.