Current through Register Vol. 45, No. 52, December 27, 2023
(a) Introduction.
Chapter 755 of the Laws of 1987 authorized the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
to enter into a reciprocal agreement to have this State become a member of the
International Registration Plan. The International Registration Plan is a
registration reciprocity agreement among states of the United States, the
District of Columbia and provinces of Canada providing for a single payment of
registration fees on the basis of fleet distance operated in various
jurisdictions. It calls for a single license plate or set of plates and a
single cab card to be issued by only one jurisdiction for each vehicle in a
fleet registered under the plan, and so far as registration is concerned, that
vehicle may be operated both interstate and intrastate in the appropriate
jurisdictions. Application for entry into the program was made by the
commissioner as provided under the plan and this State's entry was approved and
endorsed by member jurisdictions on February 5, 1988. The International
Registration Plan, hereinafter referred to as IRP is set forth in section
28.11(b)
of this Part, and except as may otherwise especially be provided herein, is
made a part of these regulations.
(b) Commencement date. Registrations shall be
staggered, effective the first day of the month and expiring the last day of
the month, 365 days (366 days in a leap year) later.
(c)
Registration of vehicles under
IRP.
(1) Vehicles subject to IRP
registration. A power unit that is used or intended for use in two or more
member jurisdictions and which is used for the transportation of persons for
hire, or designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of
property and:
(i) has two axles and a gross
vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight in excess of 26,000 pounds;
or
(ii) has three or more axles,
regardless of the weight; or
(iii)
is used in combination, when the gross vehicle weight of such combination
exceeds 26,000 pounds.
(2) Other vehicles which may be IRP
registered. In addition to vehicles subject to IRP registration, motor vehicles
having a maximum gross weight of 26,000 pounds or less which have two axles
which are used or intended for use in two or more jurisdictions which are
members of IRP may be IRP registered, at the discretion of the
commissioner.
(3) Exceptions.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subdivision,
recreational vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates and
government-owned vehicles, are not apportionable vehicles but may be registered
under the plan at the option of the registrant. For the purposes of this Part,
restricted plates issued by this State shall be agricultural commercial plates,
special purpose commercial plates, historical plates and farm plates.
(d) Effect of adoption of IRP.
(1) On registration only.
The entry of this State into IRP affects the operation in
this State of vehicles registered in other jurisdictions and the operation in
other jurisdictions of vehicles registered in this State with respect to
registration requirements. IRP does not affect any other requirements for
operation such as fuel or truck mileage taxes, Federal heavy vehicle use tax,
dimension and weight requirements or operating authority requirements.
(2) General effects. The following
are the general effects that IRP has on the operation of vehicles with respect
to registration. For the purposes of this Part, the term intrastate operation
means the transportation of a person or property from one point in a
jurisdiction to another point in the same jurisdiction for hire or profit.
(i) A vehicle which is IRP registered is
entitled to operate both interstate and intrastate in the jurisdiction in which
it is registered and in any other jurisdiction in which it it proportionally
registered as indicated on the cab card issued for it and usually it may
operate interstate, but not intrastate. In jurisdictions which are not members
of IRP. Such vehicle is not entitled to operate in any jurisdiction which is a
member of IRP but in which it is not proportionately registered as indicated on
its cab card unless a trip permit has been obtained from such jurisdiction, in
which case it may operate in that jurisdiction only to the extent allowed by
the terms of such permit.
(ii) A
vehicle not subject to IRP registration, and not IRP registered, is entitled to
operate both interstate and intrastate in any jurisdiction in which it is
registered and usually to operate interstate, but not intrastate, in any other
jurisdiction.
(iii) A vehicle which
is subject to IRP registration, but which is not IRP registered, is entitled to
operate both interstate and intrastate in any jurisdiction in which it is
registered. Such vehicle is not entitled to operate in any manner in any
jurisdiction which is a member of IRP unless a trip permit has been obtained
from such jurisdiction, in which case it may operate in that jurisdiction only
to the extent allowed by the terms of such permit. Such vehicle usually is
entitled to operate interstate, but not intrastate, in any jurisdiction which
is not a member of IRP.
(3) Special provisions. In addition to the
general effects of IRP set forth in paragraph (2) of this subdivision, the
following registration provisions affect the operations of vehicles in this
State as follows:
(i) Many IRP member
jurisdictions issue a document (often called a hunter's permit) which provides
for the operation of a vehicle for up to a specified unladen weight for a
specified period of time. Such a permit ordinarily is issued only for a vehicle
which had been operated by a lessor under an IRP registration issued to a
lessee when such lease has expired and is issued for the purpose of permitting
the lessor to move his vehicle unladen until a new registration can be secured
under another lease or otherwise. A vehicle to which such a permit has been
issued may be operated unladen within this State without any number plate or
cab card only in accordance with the terms contained on such permit.
Amended
New
York State Register March 30, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, eff.
3/30/2016
