No. 49: Temporary Suspension of Provisions Relating to Transportation for the State Disaster Emergency

WHEREAS, on October 26, 2012 I issued Executive Order Number 47 declaring a disaster emergency in all 62 counties in the State of New York; and

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANDREW M. CUOMO, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 29-a of Article 2-B of the Executive Law to temporarily suspend specific provisions of any statute, local law, ordinance, orders, rules or regulations, or parts thereof, of any agency during a State disaster emergency, if compliance with such provisions would prevent, hinder or delay action necessary to cope with the disaster, hereby temporarily suspend, for the period from the date of this Executive Order until further notice, the following laws:

Sections 375, 385 and 401 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, to the extent that exemption for vehicles validly registered in other jurisdictions from the vehicle registration, equipment and dimension requirements is necessary to assist in disaster preparedness and recovery efforts.

G I V E N under my hand and the Privy Seal of the

State in the City of Albany this thirty-first day

of October in the year two thousand twelve.

BY THE GOVERNOR

Secretary to the Governor