STATE OF NEW YORK
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207
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- 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 the regis-
tration of motor vehicles; and to amend the administrative code of the
city of New York, the insurance law, the tax law, the transportation
law, and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making conforming
changes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivisions 5 and 5-a of section
2 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, subdivision 5 as amended by chapter
3 136 of the laws of 1969, paragraph a of subdivision 5 as amended by
4 chapter 137 of the laws of 1989, paragraph b of subdivision 5 as
5 amended by chapter 826 of the laws of 1985, and paragraph c of subdivi-
6 sion 5 as amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 1990, subdivision 5-a as
7 added by chapter 164 of the laws of 1970, paragraph a of subdivision 5-a
8 as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the laws of 2021,
9 subparagraph (i) of paragraph a as amended by section 8 of part MM of
10 chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, paragraph b of subdivision 5-a as added
11 and paragraph c as relettered by chapter 487 of the laws of 1993, are
12 amended to read as follows:
13 Registration of motor vehicles; fees[; renewals].
14 5. [Times for] Validity of registration[, reregistration and renewal];
15 proportionate fees. [a. Registrations, reregistrations and renewals
16 shall take effect and expire on dates determined by the commissioner.
17 However, where the expiration date of the registration of any vehicle,
18 except a taxi or an omnibus, falls on a Saturday, Sunday or state holi-
19 day, such registration shall be valid for the operation of such vehicle
20 until midnight of the next day on which state offices shall be open for
21 business. Provided, however, that renewal of a registration may be used
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 preceding the expiration date of such registration including such expi-
2 ration date. Provided, further, however, that where the required proof
3 of registration consists of an expired registration for the same vehi-
4 cle, issued to the same person applying for the registration or renewal,
5 and the expired registration certificate and number plates and date tags
6 issued for such registration had not been surrendered to the commission-
7 er on or before the expiration date of such registration, the commis-
8 sioner may in his discretion deem such application to be a renewal of
9 the expired registration and require that the fee paid for such regis-
10 tration be computed as if the registration had been made prior to the
11 date of expiration of the expired registration.
12 b. The fee for the renewal of a registration shall be the same as the
13 annual registration fee, and, where a registration or renewal is for a
14 period of more or less than one calendar year, the annual fees as
15 provided in this section shall be increased or reduced proportionately
16 on a daily computation basis, except that where the annual registration
17 fee for such vehicle would amount to ten dollars or less, the fee shall
18 not be so prorated.
19 c.] Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commis-
20 sioner shall issue registrations [and renewals of registrations] for
21 motor vehicles for which a registration fee established in paragraph a
22 of subdivision six of this section is required to be paid and for motor
23 vehicles having a maximum gross weight of not more than eighteen thou-
24 sand pounds for which a registration fee established in paragraph one of
25 schedule B of subdivision seven of this section is required to be paid
26 [for a period of not less than two years]. The initial registration of a
27 new model year motor vehicle for which a registration fee established in
28 paragraph a of subdivision six of this section is required and for a new
29 model year motor vehicle having a maximum gross weight of not more than
30 eighteen thousand pounds for which a registration fee established in
31 paragraph one of schedule B of subdivision seven of this section is
32 required to be paid shall not expire until the title of such motor vehi-
33 cle is transferred to a new owner as provided in article forty-six of
34 this chapter. The registration of any such older model year motor vehi-
35 cles that are currently registered shall not expire until the title of
36 such motor vehicle is transferred to a new owner as provided in article
37 forty-six of this chapter. Upon such transfer of a certificate of title
38 the new owner shall register the motor vehicle and pay the registration
39 fee established in paragraph a of subdivision six or in paragraph one of
40 schedule B of subdivision seven of this section. In addition, the full
41 amount of any other charges, taxes or fees [which would be required to
42 be paid to, or collected by, the commissioner during the entire regis-
43 tration period if registrations were issued for twelve month periods]
44 shall be paid to the commissioner at the time of such registration [or
45 renewal of registration. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and
46 regulations for the issuance of registration renewals extended as
47 required in this paragraph. However, such regulations may provide that
48 the initial issuance of extended renewals be accomplished over a two
49 year period. The commissioner may by regulation exempt from the
50 provisions of this paragraph registrations for motor vehicles issued in
51 conjunction with any long-term registration program or registration
52 reciprocity or proration agreement which this state has established or
53 to which this state is a party].
54 5-a. Denial of registration [or renewal]. a. (i) If at the time of
55 application for a registration or renewal thereof there is a certif-
56 ication from a court, parking violations bureau, traffic and parking
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1 violations agency or administrative tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction
2 that the registrant or [his or her] their representative failed to
3 appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned date or failed to
4 comply with the rules and regulations of an administrative tribunal
5 following entry of a final decision in response to a total of three or
6 more summonses or other process in the aggregate, issued within an eigh-
7 teen month period, charging either that: (i) such motor vehicle was
8 parked, stopped or standing, or that such motor vehicle was operated for
9 hire by the registrant or [his or her] their agent without being
10 licensed as a motor vehicle for hire by the appropriate local authority,
11 in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any law,
12 ordinance, rule or regulation made by a local authority; or (ii) the
13 registrant was liable for a violation of subdivision (d) of section
14 eleven hundred eleven of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local law or
15 ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for
16 failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic-control indi-
17 cations through the installation and operation of traffic-control signal
18 photo violation-monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-
19 four of this chapter; or (iii) the registrant was liable for a violation
20 of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred
21 eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program
22 imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an
23 operator thereof to comply with such posted maximum speed limits through
24 the installation and operation of photo speed violation monitoring
25 systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter; or (iv) the
26 registrant was liable for a violation of bus lane restrictions as
27 defined by article twenty-four of this chapter imposed pursuant to a bus
28 rapid transit program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a
29 vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such bus lane
30 restrictions through the installation and operation of bus lane photo
31 devices, in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter; or (v)
32 the registrant was liable for a violation of section eleven hundred
33 seventy-four of this chapter when meeting a school bus marked and
34 equipped as provided in subdivisions twenty and twenty-one-c of section
35 three hundred seventy-five of this chapter imposed pursuant to a local
36 law or ordinance imposing monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle
37 for failure of an operator thereof to comply with school bus red visual
38 signals through the installation and operation of school bus photo
39 violation monitoring systems, in accordance with article twenty-nine of
40 this chapter; or (vi) the registrant was liable for a violation of
41 section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules of the
42 department of transportation of the city of New York in relation to
43 gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight violations imposed pursuant to a
44 weigh in motion demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the
45 owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with
46 such gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight restrictions through the
47 installation and operation of weigh in motion violation monitoring
48 systems, in accordance with article ten of this chapter; or (vii) the
49 registrant was liable for a violation of subdivision (b), (d), (f) or
50 (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to
51 a demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the owner of a
52 vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with such posted
53 maximum speed limits within a highway construction or maintenance work
54 area through the installation and operation of photo speed violation
55 monitoring systems, in accordance with article thirty of this chapter,
56 or (viii) the registrant was liable for a violation of bus operation-re-
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1 lated traffic regulations as defined by article twenty-four of this
2 chapter imposed pursuant to a demonstration program imposing monetary
3 liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof
4 to comply with such bus operation-related traffic regulations through
5 the installation and operation of bus operation-related photo devices,
6 in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter, the commissioner
7 or [his or her] their agent shall deny the registration or renewal
8 application until the applicant provides proof from the court, traffic
9 and parking violations agency or administrative tribunal wherein the
10 charges are pending that an appearance or answer has been made or in the
11 case of an administrative tribunal that [he or she] such applicant has
12 complied with the rules and regulations of said tribunal following entry
13 of a final decision. Where an application is denied pursuant to this
14 section, the commissioner may, in [his or her] such commissioner's
15 discretion, deny a registration or renewal application to any other
16 person for the same vehicle and may deny a registration or renewal
17 application for any other motor vehicle registered in the name of the
18 applicant where the commissioner has determined that such registrant's
19 intent has been to evade the purposes of this subdivision and where the
20 commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that such registration or
21 renewal will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this subdivi-
22 sion. Such denial shall only remain in effect as long as the summonses
23 remain unanswered, or in the case of an administrative tribunal, the
24 registrant fails to comply with the rules and regulations following
25 entry of a final decision.
26 (ii) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "motor vehicle operated
27 for hire" shall mean and include a taxicab, livery, coach, limousine or
28 tow truck.
29 b. If at the time of application by any person for a registration [or
30 renewal thereof] there is a certification from a court or an agency or
31 administrative tribunal with regulatory or adjudicatory authority over
32 van services or other such common carriers of passengers in any city
33 with a population of over one million pursuant to subdivision five of
34 section eighty of the transportation law that there remains unpaid a
35 penalty imposed by such agency or administrative tribunal or court
36 following entry of a decision or order, including a decision or order in
37 a proceeding in which there has been a failure to appear or pay, in
38 response to a notice of violation, summons or other process issued
39 charging that the vehicle was operated as a van service or other such
40 common carrier of passengers without the operating authority required by
41 such local law or ordinance, the commissioner or the commissioner's
42 agent shall impose a vehicle identification number block and deny the
43 registration [or renewal] application until the applicant provides proof
44 from the court or agency or other administrative tribunal wherein the
45 charges were adjudicated that such penalty has been paid in full or the
46 violation has been corrected to its satisfaction. Where an application
47 is denied pursuant to this paragraph, the commissioner may, in the
48 commissioner's discretion, deny a registration [or renewal] application
49 for any other motor vehicle registered in the name of the applicant
50 where the commissioner has determined that such registrant's intent has
51 been to evade the purposes of this paragraph and where the commissioner
52 has reasonable grounds to believe that such registration [or renewal]
53 will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this paragraph. Such
54 vehicle identification number block and denial shall only remain in
55 effect until the penalty has been paid in full or the violation has been
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1 corrected to the satisfaction of the court, city agency or administra-
2 tive tribunal.
3 c. The commissioner may promulgate such regulations as are necessary
4 to effectuate the provisions of this subdivision, including provisions
5 for the recovery of the administrative costs of the program incurred for
6 each municipality. The commissioner may, in [his] such commissioner's
7 discretion, refuse to process a certification received from a court or
8 administrative tribunal in any municipality which has failed to comply
9 with the provisions of section five hundred fourteen of this chapter or
10 which does not have an effective program for enforcing suspension and
11 revocation orders issued by the department.
12 § 2. Paragraphs a, d and g of subdivision 6 of section 401 of the
13 vehicle and traffic law, paragraph a as amended by section 1 of part G
14 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, paragraph d as amended by chapter 385
15 of the laws of 1991, subparagraph (ii) of paragraph d as amended by
16 section 2 of subpart E of part C of chapter 20 of the laws of 2015, and
17 paragraph g as added by chapter 789 of the laws of 1992, are amended to
18 read as follows:
19 a. The following fees shall be paid to the commissioner, or agent,
20 upon the registration [or reregistration] of a motor vehicle, including
21 a suburban, in accordance with the provisions of this article:
22 If such motor vehicle, fully equipped, weighs thirty-five hundred
23 pounds or less, eighty-one cents for each one hundred pounds or major
24 fraction thereof; if such motor vehicle, fully equipped, weighs more
25 than thirty-five hundred pounds, eighty-one cents for each one hundred
26 pounds up to thirty-five hundred pounds, and one dollar and twenty-one
27 cents for each hundred pounds, or major fraction thereof, in excess of
28 thirty-five hundred pounds; provided, however, that the total fees for
29 the registration [or reregistration] of any passenger motor vehicle
30 propelled by electricity shall be sixteen dollars and eighteen cents, of
31 a six, eight, or twelve cylinder motor vehicle not less than sixteen
32 dollars and eighteen cents, and of any other motor vehicle not less than
33 twelve dollars and ninety-five cents; and provided further that for
34 motor vehicles described in subdivision seven of this section, the fee
35 for such registration shall be as therein prescribed. Provided further,
36 however, that the maximum registration fee under this paragraph shall
37 not exceed seventy dollars and eight cents per registration year. For
38 the purposes of this section a "suburban" shall be a motor vehicle with
39 a convertible or interchangeable body or with removable seats, usable
40 for both passenger and delivery purposes, and including motor vehicles,
41 commonly known as station or depot wagons. The manufacturer's weight of
42 motor vehicle shall be accepted as the weight for the purpose of regis-
43 tration under this paragraph.
44 d. (i) In addition to the other fees provided for in this section, the
45 commissioner shall, upon the application for the registration of a motor
46 vehicle [or the renewal thereof], collect the tax authorized by subdivi-
47 sion (g) of section twelve hundred one of the tax law, if a city of one
48 million or more, pursuant to subdivision (h) of section twelve hundred
49 one of such law, enacts a local law providing for the collection of such
50 tax by the commissioner and enters into the required agreement relating
51 thereto.
52 (ii) In addition to the other fees provided for in this section, the
53 commissioner shall, upon the application for the registration of a motor
54 vehicle [or the renewal thereof], collect the tax of the type authorized
55 under subdivision (e) of section twelve hundred one of the tax law, if a
56 county, pursuant to subdivision (c), (e), (f) or (g) of section twelve
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1 hundred two of such law, enacts a local law, ordinance or resolution
2 providing for the collection of such tax by the commissioner and enters
3 into the required agreement relating thereto.
4 g. In addition to the other fees provided for in this section, the
5 commissioner shall, upon the application for the registration of a motor
6 vehicle [or the renewal thereof], collect any tax imposed pursuant to
7 the authority of chapter one thousand thirty-two of the laws of nineteen
8 hundred sixty, if the city imposing such tax enacts a local law provid-
9 ing for the collection of such tax by the commissioner and enters into
10 the required agreement relating thereto.
11 § 3. The opening paragraph and schedule A of subdivision 7 of section
12 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, the opening paragraph as amended by
13 chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, and schedule A as amended by section 6
14 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as
15 follows:
16 Registration fees for auto trucks, tractors, buses, taxicabs, livery
17 and certain other motor vehicles. The registration fees to be paid upon
18 the registration [or reregistration], in accordance with the provisions
19 of this article, of buses, of motor vehicles constructed or specially
20 equipped for the transportation of goods, wares and merchandise, common-
21 ly known as auto trucks or light delivery cars, of taxicabs, livery and
22 of certain other motor vehicles specified herein are hereby established
23 as follows:
24 A. Schedule for buses.
25 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of five
26 passengers or less, and meeting the requirements of subdivisions twenty
27 and twenty-one, notwithstanding the capacity limitation of subdivision
28 twenty-one, of section three hundred seventy-five of this chapter, the
29 annual fee of twenty-one dollars and fifty-six cents.
30 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not
31 less than six passengers, nor more than seven passengers, and meeting
32 the requirements of subdivisions twenty and twenty-one, notwithstanding
33 the capacity limitation of subdivision twenty-one, of section three
34 hundred seventy-five of this chapter, the annual fee of thirty-five
35 dollars and twenty-three cents.
36 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not
37 less than eight passengers, nor more than ten passengers, and meeting
38 the requirements of subdivisions twenty and twenty-one, notwithstanding
39 the capacity limitation of subdivision twenty-one, of section three
40 hundred seventy-five of this chapter, the annual fee of forty-three
41 dollars and eighty-five cents.
42 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not
43 less than eleven passengers, nor more than fourteen passengers, and
44 meeting the requirements of subdivisions twenty and twenty-one, notwith-
45 standing the capacity limitation of subdivision twenty-one, of section
46 three hundred seventy-five of this chapter, the annual fee of sixty-one
47 dollars and eighty-one cents.
48 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not
49 less than fifteen passengers, nor more than twenty passengers, the annu-
50 al fee of seventy-four dollars and seventy-five cents.
51 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not
52 less than twenty-one passengers, nor more than twenty-two passengers,
53 the annual fee of seventy-nine dollars and six cents.
54 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not
55 less than twenty-three passengers, nor more than twenty-six passengers,
56 the annual fee of eighty-eight dollars and forty-one cents.
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1 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers of not
2 less than twenty-seven passengers, nor more than thirty passengers, the
3 annual fee of ninety-seven dollars and four cents.
4 For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers in
5 excess of thirty passengers, the fee of ninety-seven dollars and four
6 cents, and the additional fee of two dollars and eighty-eight cents for
7 each passenger (measured by seating capacity) in excess of thirty
8 passengers.
9 For the purposes of this schedule, the term "seating capacity for
10 passengers" shall exclude the driver.
11 The words "seating capacity for passengers", as used in this section,
12 shall mean seating capacity for adults. The commissioner shall have
13 authority to determine, for registration purposes, the manner of comput-
14 ing the seating capacity of any vehicle.
15 Provided, however, that in the case of a bus operated entirely by
16 electricity not generated by an engine contained therein the fees to be
17 paid upon registration [or reregistration] thereof shall be fifty per
18 centum in excess of the foregoing rates.
19 The foregoing schedules shall not apply to omnibuses operated pursuant
20 to a franchise or franchises over streets designated in said franchise
21 or franchises wholly within a city or cities, provided the holder of the
22 franchise or franchises pays for the same a percentage of its gross
23 earnings or gross receipts and for any such omnibus, without regard to
24 the seating capacity; nor shall the foregoing schedules apply to omni-
25 buses operated pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and
26 necessity granted under the transportation law and based upon the
27 consent of the local authorities of any city, town or village, other
28 than in the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester, as required by
29 the transportation corporations law or, in the county of Nassau, based
30 upon the consent of the board of supervisors of such county or of any
31 city or village therein, or of both such county and any city or village
32 therein or, in the counties of Suffolk and Westchester, based upon the
33 consent of the county board of legislators of such counties, as required
34 by chapter eight hundred seventy-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred
35 thirty-six, provided the holder of such local consent pays for the same
36 an annual fee to any such county, city, town or village, and for any
37 such omnibus, without regard to the seating capacity, the annual fee
38 shall be twelve dollars and fifty cents. The foregoing schedules shall
39 not apply to trackless trolleys, but if such omnibus shall not be oper-
40 ated in local transit service pursuant to a certificate of convenience
41 and necessity issued by the commissioner of transportation the foregoing
42 schedule of fees shall apply.
43 § 4. Paragraph 4 of schedule E of subdivision 7 of section 401 of the
44 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 527 of the laws of 2015,
45 is amended to read as follows:
46 4. An agricultural truck and an agricultural trailer may be registered
47 [or reregistered] for periods of less than one calendar year upon appli-
48 cation forms furnished by the commissioner for such purpose, and the
49 annual fees as provided in this schedule shall be reduced proportionate-
50 ly on a monthly computation basis.
51 § 5. Paragraph a of subdivision 8 of section 401 of the vehicle and
52 traffic law, as amended by section 13 of part G of chapter 59 of the
53 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
54 a. The provisions of this chapter in relation to registration books
55 and registration, certificates of registration, number plates, dupli-
56 cates of certificates and number plates, [times] validity of registra-
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1 tion [and reregistration] and the duration thereof, for motor vehicles,
2 shall apply also to trailers. The following fees shall be paid upon the
3 registration [or reregistration] of a trailer, other than a coach or
4 house trailer or a semitrailer, in accordance with the provisions of
5 this article: The annual fee of five dollars and thirty-nine cents for
6 each five hundred pounds or fraction thereof of maximum gross weight but
7 in no case shall the annual fee be less than fourteen dollars and thir-
8 ty-eight cents. The following fees shall be paid upon the registration
9 [or reregistration] of a coach or house trailer in accordance with the
10 provisions of this article: The annual fee of one dollar and seventy-
11 three cents for each one hundred pounds or major fraction thereof of
12 unladen weight but in no case shall the annual fee be less than twenty-
13 one dollars and fifty-seven cents. The following fees shall be paid upon
14 the registration [or reregistration] of a semitrailer in accordance with
15 provisions of this article: The annual fee of twenty-eight dollars and
16 seventy-five cents. However, upon the request of the applicant upon the
17 registration [or renewal of a registration] of a nineteen hundred eight-
18 y-nine or later model year semitrailer, such semitrailer may be regis-
19 tered for a period of not less than five and one-half nor more than six
20 and one-half years for a fee of eighty-six dollars and twenty-five
21 cents. A semitrailer, used with any device for converting it to a trail-
22 er, other than one being drawn by a tractor semitrailer combination as
23 part of a double tandem combination, shall be registered as a trailer.
24 For the purposes of this paragraph, the unladen weight of a coach or
25 house trailer shall include the weight of any equipment permanently
26 attached to or installed in such trailer. Notwithstanding the foregoing
27 provisions and pursuant to regulations and limitations to be established
28 by the commissioner and upon payment of a fee of two dollars and thirty
29 cents therefor a temporary permit to move a coach or house trailer on
30 the public highways from one site to another shall be issued to the
31 owner thereof upon application therefor. Such application shall be made
32 in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
33 § 6. Subdivision 18 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
34 amended by section 10 of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is
35 amended to read as follows:
36 18. A violation of subdivision one of this section shall be punishable
37 by a fine of not less than seventy-five nor more than three hundred
38 dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days, or by both
39 such fine and imprisonment [except, if the violation consists of failure
40 to renew a registration which was valid within sixty days, the fine
41 shall be not less than forty dollars]. A violation of subdivision seven
42 or eight of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than
43 one hundred fifty nor more than three hundred seventy-five dollars, or
44 by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and
45 imprisonment, for the first offense, except where the violation was
46 committed with a vehicle having a maximum gross weight of less than
47 eighteen thousand pounds the violation should be punished by a fine of
48 not less than forty nor more than three hundred seventy-five dollars; by
49 a fine of not less than three hundred seventy-five dollars nor more than
50 seven hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than sixty
51 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for the second or subse-
52 quent offense; provided that a sentence or execution thereof for any
53 violation under this subdivision may not be suspended. For any violation
54 of said subdivision seven or eight of this section, the registration of
55 the vehicle may be suspended for a period of not less than ten days nor
56 more than six months whether at the time of the violation the vehicle
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1 was in charge of the owner or [his] such owner's agent. The provisions
2 of section five hundred ten of this chapter shall apply to such suspen-
3 sion except as otherwise provided herein.
4 § 7. The fifteenth undesignated paragraph of subdivision 21 of section
5 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section 3 of part G of
6 chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
7 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, eleven
8 dollars and fifty cents of the registration fees collected pursuant to
9 paragraph (a) of subdivision five of section four hundred ten of this
10 title shall be deposited pursuant to this subdivision. Three dollars and
11 fifty cents of such fees collected in relation to applications for new
12 registrations [and renewals of existing registrations] expiring on and
13 after September first, two thousand nine shall be deposited to the cred-
14 it of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund. Two dollars and fifty
15 cents of such registration fees shall be deposited into the motorcycle
16 safety fund established pursuant to section ninety-two-g of the state
17 finance law.
18 § 8. Subdivisions a, b and h of section 11-809.1 of the administrative
19 code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 57 of the
20 city of New York for the year 1996, are amended to read as follows:
21 a. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the
22 tax imposed by this chapter on any commercial motor vehicle with a maxi-
23 mum gross weight of ten thousand pounds or less and on any motor vehicle
24 for transportation of passengers, other than a medallion taxicab, shall
25 be collected by the commissioner of motor vehicles, provided that any
26 such motor vehicle is registered or required to be registered pursuant
27 to any provision of section four hundred one of the vehicle and traffic
28 law. The owner of each such motor vehicle shall pay the tax due thereon
29 to the commissioner of motor vehicles on or before the date upon which
30 such owner registers [or renews the registration] such motor vehicle of
31 such motor vehicle or is required to register [or renew the registra-
32 tion] such motor vehicle thereof pursuant to section four hundred one of
33 the vehicle and traffic law.
34 b. Notwithstanding any provision of section four hundred of the vehi-
35 cle and traffic law to the contrary, payment of the tax with respect to
36 a motor vehicle described in subdivision a of this section shall be a
37 condition precedent to the registration [or renewal thereof] of such
38 motor vehicle and to the issuance of any certificate of registration and
39 plates or removable date tag in accordance with the vehicle and traffic
40 law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and no such
41 certificate of registration, plates or tag shall be issued unless such
42 tax has been paid. If the registration period applicable to any such
43 vehicle is a period of not less than two years, as a result of the
44 application of the provisions of paragraph c of subdivision five of
45 section four hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law, the tax
46 required to be paid pursuant to this section shall be the annual tax
47 specified in section 11-802 of this chapter multiplied by the number of
48 years in the registration period. The commissioner of motor vehicles,
49 upon payment of the tax pursuant to this section or upon the application
50 of any person exempt therefrom, shall furnish to each taxpayer paying
51 the tax a receipt for such tax and to each other taxpayer or exempt
52 person a statement, document or other form prescribed by the commission-
53 er of motor vehicles, showing that such tax has been paid or is not due
54 with respect to such motor vehicle.
55 h. Notwithstanding any provision of section 11-807 of this chapter to
56 the contrary, at the time a tax is required to be paid to the commis-
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1 sioner of motor vehicles pursuant to this section, the person required
2 to pay such tax shall file a return with the commissioner of motor vehi-
3 cles in such form and containing such information as [he or she] such
4 commissioner may prescribe. The taxpayer's application for registration
5 [or the renewal thereof] shall constitute the return required under this
6 subdivision unless the commissioner of motor vehicles shall otherwise
7 provide by rule. A return filed pursuant to this subdivision with
8 respect to a motor vehicle for a tax year or years shall be in lieu of
9 any return otherwise required to be filed with respect thereto pursuant
10 to section 11-807 of this chapter.
11 § 9. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 of section 11-2202 of the
12 administrative code of the city of New York are amended to read as
13 follows:
14 a. Upon each individual resident for each such motor vehicle regis-
15 tered or for which registration is [renewed, or] required to be regis-
16 tered [or renewed by him or her]; and
17 b. Upon each other resident of each such motor vehicle regularly kept,
18 stored, garaged or maintained in the city and registered or required to
19 be registered [or renewed] by such other resident; and
20 § 10. Section 11-2204 of the administrative code of the city of New
21 York is amended to read as follows:
22 § 11-2204 Payment of tax and evidence of tax payment. Every owner of a
23 motor vehicle subject to tax hereunder shall pay the tax thereon to the
24 commissioner of motor vehicles of the state of New York on or before the
25 date upon which [he or she] such owner registers [or renews his or her
26 registration thereof] or is required to register [or renew his or her
27 registration thereof] pursuant to section four hundred one of the vehi-
28 cle and traffic law.
29 Notwithstanding the provisions of section four hundred of the vehicle
30 and traffic law to the contrary, the payment of such tax shall be a
31 condition precedent to the registration [or renewal thereof] of such
32 motor vehicle and to the issuance of any certificate of registration and
33 plates or removable tag specified in subdivision three of section four
34 hundred one and in sections four hundred three and four hundred four of
35 the vehicle and traffic law, and no such certificate of registration,
36 plates or tag shall be issued unless such tax has been paid. The commis-
37 sioner of motor vehicles shall not issue a registration certificate for
38 any motor vehicle for which the registrant's address is within any such
39 city, except upon proof, in a form approved by the commissioner of motor
40 vehicles, that such tax has been paid, or is not due, with respect to
41 such motor vehicle. The commissioner of motor vehicles, upon the payment
42 of such tax or upon the application of any person exempt therefrom,
43 shall furnish to each taxpayer paying the tax a receipt for such tax and
44 to each such taxpayer or exempt person a statement, document or other
45 form approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles pursuant to the last
46 sentence, showing that such tax has been paid or is not due, with
47 respect to such motor vehicle.
48 § 11. Subdivision j of section 19-506 of the administrative code of
49 the city of New York, as added by local law number 115 of the city of
50 New York for the year 1993, is amended to read as follows:
51 j. Where the commission or administrative tribunal thereof finds an
52 owner liable for operating a vehicle as a commuter van without an
53 authorization to operate a commuter van service or without a commuter
54 van license, the commission shall notify the [New York state] commis-
55 sioner of motor vehicles pursuant to subparagraph four of paragraph a of
56 subdivision five of section eighty of the [New York state] transporta-
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1 tion law of such finding. Upon such notification, the commissioner of
2 motor vehicles, pursuant to such subparagraph four, shall thereupon
3 suspend the registration of such vehicle and shall deny any application
4 for the registration of such vehicle [or any application for the renewal
5 thereof] pursuant to subdivision five-a of section four hundred one of
6 the vehicle and traffic law until such time as the commission may give
7 notice that the violation has been corrected to its satisfaction. Oper-
8 ation of any motor vehicle for which the registration has been suspended
9 as herein provided shall constitute a class A misdemeanor. The commis-
10 sion shall also notify the department of finance where it finds an owner
11 liable for operating a vehicle as a commuter van without an authori-
12 zation to operate a commuter van service or without a commuter van
13 license.
14 § 12. Subsection (g) of section 9110 of the insurance law, as added by
15 chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
16 (g) The fees imposed by this section shall be applicable to motor
17 vehicles insured under policies issued [or renewed] on or after July
18 first, nineteen hundred ninety-two.
19 § 13. Subdivision (g) of section 1201 of the tax law, as amended by
20 chapter 402 of the laws of 1971, paragraphs 1 and 2 as amended by chap-
21 ter 576 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
22 (g) A tax not to exceed fifteen dollars per annum per vehicle to be
23 paid by the owner thereof: (1) for every motor vehicle registered or
24 required to be registered pursuant to subdivision six of section four
25 hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law if such vehicle is owned by
26 (i) one or more natural persons, other than a firm, co-partnership,
27 limited liability company, trustee or trustees conducting a business or
28 association, who, or one of whom: (A) at the time when [he] such person
29 makes application for the registration[, re-registration or renewal
30 thereof] of such motor vehicle is domiciled in the city, unless [he]
31 such person maintains no permanent place of abode in the city, maintains
32 a permanent place of abode elsewhere, and during the period of one year
33 next preceding the date upon which such application is made, spent in
34 the aggregate not more than thirty days in the city, or (B) at the time
35 when [he] such person makes such application, is not domiciled in the
36 city, but maintains a permanent place of abode in the city and, during
37 the period of one year next preceding the date upon which such applica-
38 tion is made, spent in the aggregate more than one hundred and eighty-
39 three days in the city, unless such individual is in the armed forces of
40 the United States; or
41 (ii) a person, firm, co-partnership, limited liability company, trus-
42 tee or trustees conducting a business or association, or a corporation
43 who or which at the time when such owner makes application for registra-
44 tion[, re-registration or renewal thereof] of such motor vehicle, regu-
45 larly keeps, stores, garages or maintains such motor vehicle in the
46 city; and
47 (2) for every motor vehicle owned by a person, firm, partnership,
48 limited liability company, association or corporation engaged in the
49 business of renting or leasing motor vehicles to be operated upon the
50 public highways for carrying passengers registered or required to be
51 registered pursuant to any provision of section four hundred one of the
52 vehicle and traffic law, which vehicle at the time when such owner makes
53 application for registration[, re-registration or renewal thereof] is
54 regularly kept, stored, garaged or maintained in the city including such
55 vehicles which have been rented or leased by the owner and are in
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1 possession of lessees when such application for registration[, re-regis-
2 tration or renewal] is made.
3 (3) The payment of such tax shall be a condition [precendent] prece-
4 dent to the registration[, re-registration or renewal therof] of such
5 motor vehicle and to the issuance of any certificate of registration and
6 plates or removable date tag specified in subdivision three of section
7 four hundred one and in sections four hundred three and four hundred
8 four of the vehicle and traffic law, and no such certificate of regis-
9 tration, plates or tag shall be issued unless such tax has been paid.
10 The commissioner of motor vehicles shall not issue a registration
11 certificate for any motor vehicle for which the registrant's address is
12 within any such city, except upon proof, in a form approved by the
13 commissioner of motor vehicles, that such tax, if imposed by such city,
14 has been paid, or is not due, with respect to such motor vehicle.
15 § 14. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 80 of
16 the transportation law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 1993,
17 is amended to read as follows:
18 (4) Such local law or ordinance shall provide that where such agency
19 or administrative tribunal finds an owner liable for operating a vehicle
20 as a van service or other such common carrier without the operating
21 authority required by such local law or ordinance, such agency or admin-
22 istrative tribunal may notify the commissioner of motor vehicles of such
23 finding and the commissioner shall thereupon suspend the registration of
24 such vehicle and shall deny any application for the registration of such
25 vehicle [or any application for the renewal thereof] pursuant to subdi-
26 vision five-a of section four hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law
27 until such time as such agency or administrative tribunal may give
28 notice that the violation has been corrected to its satisfaction. The
29 procedure on any such suspension shall be the same as in the case of a
30 suspension under the vehicle and traffic law. Operation of any motor
31 vehicle for which the registration has been suspended as herein provided
32 shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.
33 § 15. Paragraph a of subdivision 9 of section 140 of the transporta-
34 tion law, as amended by section 3 of part III of chapter 59 of the laws
35 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
36 a. If, after notice and opportunity to be heard, the commissioner
37 shall find that any person is operating in violation of the provisions
38 of this section, the commissioner may penalize such person pursuant to
39 subdivision three of section one hundred forty-five of this article. The
40 commissioner may also notify the commissioner of motor vehicles that
41 such person is operating in violation of this section and the commis-
42 sioner of motor vehicles shall thereupon suspend the registration of all
43 motor vehicles owned or operated by such person, with the exception of
44 private passenger automobiles, until such time as the commissioner may
45 give notice that the violation has been satisfactorily adjusted, and the
46 commissioner of motor vehicles may direct any police officer to secure
47 possession of the number plates of such motor vehicles and to return the
48 same to the commissioner of motor vehicles. Failure of the holder or of
49 any person possessing such number plates to deliver such number plates
50 to any police officer who requests the same pursuant to this subdivision
51 shall constitute a misdemeanor. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall
52 have the authority to deny a registration [or renewal] application to
53 any other person for the same vehicle and may deny a registration [or
54 renewal] application for any other motor vehicle registered in the name
55 of the applicant where it has been determined that such registrant's
56 intent has been to evade the purposes of this subdivision and where the
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1 commissioner of motor vehicles has reasonable grounds to believe that
2 such registration [or renewal] will have the effect of defeating the
3 purposes of this subdivision. The procedure on any such suspension shall
4 be the same as in the case of a suspension under the vehicle and traffic
5 law. Operation of any motor vehicle while under suspension as herein
6 provided shall constitute a class A misdemeanor. A person who operates a
7 motor vehicle while such vehicle is under suspension as provided in this
8 subdivision in a manner that causes the death of another person, knowing
9 that the operation of such vehicle is in violation of this subdivision,
10 shall be guilty of a class E felony.
11 § 16. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 318 of the vehicle and
12 traffic law, as amended by chapter 781 of the laws of 1983, is amended
13 to read as follows:
14 (c) Suspension shall not be made under this subdivision upon the basis
15 of a lapse or termination of insurance if the registration certificate
16 and number plates of the motor vehicle are surrendered prior to the time
17 at which the termination of insurance becomes effective. Such surrender
18 shall be made to such officers of the department as the commissioner
19 shall direct, but the registrant at [his] such registrant's option may
20 surrender the registration and number plates to any county clerk who is
21 acting as an agent of the commissioner pursuant to section two hundred
22 five of this chapter. Such county clerk may accept a surrender of regis-
23 tration and number plates and require the payment of a fee of one dollar
24 whether such surrender is made before or after the effective date of
25 termination of insurance. The county clerk shall retain any such fee
26 which may have been collected, and shall return such registration
27 certificates and number plates, or dispose of the same, only as
28 prescribed by the commissioner. For the purposes of this section the
29 expiration of a registration [without renewal of such registration]
30 shall be deemed to be a surrender of registration as of the date of
31 expiration.
32 § 17. Subdivision 2 of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
33 amended by section 22 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
34 amended to read as follows:
35 2. For purposes of this section, a special number plate shall be a
36 plate which contains not more than eight letters, numerals or any combi-
37 nation thereof and which is reserved by the commissioner for issuance in
38 accordance with the provisions of this section, or a plate reserved for
39 issuance in a series for vehicles owned by public officers, physicians,
40 visiting nurses, accredited representatives of the press or other
41 groups. In issuing special number plates the commissioner shall give
42 those applicants who held a special number plate at the time of the
43 enactment of this section the right to retain such special number plate
44 upon the payment of the annual service charge of thirty-one dollars and
45 twenty-five cents. [Provided, however, that such right of retention
46 shall apply only to the first renewal of the registration of such
47 special number plate following the enactment of this section.] Notwith-
48 standing any inconsistent provision of this section, the difference
49 collected between the annual service charge set forth in this subdivi-
50 sion in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the
51 annual service charge set forth in this subdivision in effect prior to
52 such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and
53 bridge trust fund.
54 § 18. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 404-a of the vehicle
55 and traffic law, as amended by chapter 376 of the laws of 2015, is
56 amended to read as follows:
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1 (b) The commissioner may require the applicant for registration to
2 furnish [such] proof of [his or her] disability or such proof of disa-
3 bility of such members of [his or her] such applicant's family from a
4 physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, to the extent
5 authorized by law and consistent with subdivision three of section six
6 thousand nine hundred two of the education law, or podiatrist pursuant
7 to subdivision four-a of this section or optometrist pursuant to subdi-
8 vision four-b of this section, as the commissioner deems necessary
9 [either] for [initial] registration [or renewal thereof]; provided,
10 however, that a handicapped or disabled permit issued by a municipality
11 to such applicant pursuant to section twelve hundred three-a of this
12 chapter shall be deemed sufficient proof of disability for purposes of
13 this paragraph.
14 § 19. Subdivision 7 of section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law,
15 as added by chapter 332 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
16 follows:
17 7. Refueling notice. Upon the issuance [or renewal] of a registration
18 pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall notify the registrant
19 of the availability of full service motor vehicle refueling at self
20 service prices as provided for in section three hundred ninety-six-bb of
21 the general business law.
22 § 20. Subdivision 5 of section 404-c of the vehicle and traffic law,
23 as amended by chapter 485 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
24 follows:
25 5. Notwithstanding subdivision three of this section and the fees
26 prescribed or permitted by section four hundred one of this article,
27 there shall be no charge for the issuance of a number plate pursuant to
28 this section to a former prisoner of war, nor shall there be imposed an
29 additional service charge for the issuance of such a plate to such a
30 person. Furthermore, upon the issuance of a distinctive plate pursuant
31 to this section, such a former prisoner of war shall be exempt from the
32 payment of any fees relating to the registration [or renewal thereof] as
33 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article.
34 § 21. Section 499-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
35 section 1 of part B of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
36 read as follows:
37 § 499-b. Collection of supplemental fee. All registrants of motor
38 vehicles who reside in the metropolitan commuter transportation district
39 shall pay to the commissioner or [his or her] such commissioner's agent
40 the supplemental registration fee provided for in this article upon
41 registration [or renewal] of motor vehicles subject to registration fees
42 pursuant to the following sections of this chapter: paragraph a of
43 subdivision six of section four hundred one; schedules A, B, C, E, F, G,
44 I and K of subdivision seven of section four hundred one; paragraph a of
45 subdivision eight of section four hundred one; paragraph a of subdivi-
46 sion five of section four hundred ten; and section four hundred
47 eleven-b.
48 § 22. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section
49 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part A of
50 chapter 58 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
51 (iii) such registrations shall be suspended when necessary to comply
52 with subdivision nine of section one hundred forty or subdivision four
53 of section one hundred forty-five of the transportation law or with an
54 out of service order issued by the United States department of transpor-
55 tation. The commissioner shall have the authority to deny a registration
56 [or renewal] application to any other person for the same vehicle and
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1 may deny a registration [or renewal] application for any other motor
2 vehicle registered in the name of the applicant where it has been deter-
3 mined that such registrant's intent has been to evade the purposes of
4 this subdivision and where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to
5 believe that such registration [or renewal] will have the effect of
6 defeating the purposes of this subdivision. Any suspension issued pursu-
7 ant to this subdivision by reason of an out of service order issued by
8 the United States department of transportation shall remain in effect
9 until such time as the commissioner is notified by the United States
10 department of transportation or the commissioner of transportation that
11 the order resulting in the suspension is no longer in effect.
12 § 23. Subdivision 4-g of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law,
13 as added by section 3 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is
14 amended to read as follows:
15 4-g. Suspension of registration for unlawful solicitation of ground
16 transportation services at an airport. Upon the receipt of a notifica-
17 tion from a court or an administrative tribunal that an owner of a motor
18 vehicle was convicted of a second conviction of unlawful solicitation of
19 ground transportation services at an airport in violation of subdivision
20 one of section twelve hundred twenty-b of this chapter both of which
21 were committed within a period of eighteen months, the commissioner or
22 [his] such commissioner's agent shall suspend the registration of the
23 vehicle involved in the violation for a period of ninety days; upon the
24 receipt of such notification of a third or subsequent conviction for a
25 violation of such subdivision all of which were committed within a peri-
26 od of eighteen months, the commissioner or [his] such commissioner's
27 agent shall suspend such registration for a period of one hundred eighty
28 days. Such suspension shall take effect no less than thirty days from
29 the date on which notice thereof is sent by the commissioner to the
30 person whose registration or privilege is suspended. The commissioner
31 shall have the authority to deny a registration [or renewal] application
32 to any other person for the same vehicle, where it has been determined
33 that such registrant's intent has been to evade the purposes of this
34 subdivision and where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe
35 that such registration [or renewal] will have the effect of defeating
36 the purposes of this subdivision.
37 § 24. Subdivision 7 of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
38 amended by section 5 of part K of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, and
39 the closing paragraph as added by chapter 722 of the laws of 2023, is
40 amended to read as follows:
41 7. Miscellaneous provisions. Except as expressly provided, a court
42 conviction shall not be necessary to sustain a revocation or suspension.
43 Revocation or suspension hereunder shall be deemed an administrative act
44 reviewable by the supreme court as such. Notice of revocation or suspen-
45 sion, as well as any required notice of hearing, where the holder is not
46 present, may be given by mailing the same in writing to [him or her]
47 such holder at the address contained in [his or her] such holder's
48 license, certificate of registration or at the current address provided
49 by the United States postal service, as the case may be. Proof of such
50 mailing by certified mail to the holder shall be presumptive evidence of
51 the holder's receipt and actual knowledge of such notice. Attendance of
52 witnesses may be compelled by subpoena. Failure of the holder or any
53 other person possessing the license card or number plates, to deliver
54 the same to the suspending or revoking officer is a misdemeanor.
55 Suspending or revoking officers shall place such license cards and
56 number plates in the custody of the commissioner except where the
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1 commissioner shall otherwise direct. If any person shall fail to deliver
2 a license card or number plates as provided herein, any police officer,
3 bridge and tunnel officer of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority,
4 or agent of the commissioner having knowledge of such facts shall have
5 the power to secure possession thereof and return the same to the
6 commissioner, and the commissioner may forthwith direct any police offi-
7 cer, bridge and tunnel officer of the Triborough bridge and tunnel
8 authority, acting pursuant to [his or her] such officer's special
9 duties, or agent of the commissioner to secure possession thereof and to
10 return the same to the commissioner. Failure of the holder or of any
11 person possessing the license card or number plates to deliver to any
12 police officer, bridge and tunnel officer of the Triborough bridge and
13 tunnel authority, or agent of the commissioner who requests the same
14 pursuant to this subdivision shall be a misdemeanor. Notice of revoca-
15 tion or suspension of any license or registration shall be transmitted
16 forthwith by the commissioner to the chief of police of the city or
17 prosecuting officer of the locality in which the person whose license or
18 registration so revoked or suspended resides. [In case any license or
19 registration shall expire before the end of any period for which it has
20 been revoked or suspended, and before it shall have been restored as
21 provided in this chapter, then and in that event any renewal thereof may
22 be withheld until the end of such period of suspension or until restora-
23 tion, as the case may be.]
24 The revocation of a learner's permit shall automatically cancel the
25 application for a license of the holder of such permit.
26 No suspension or revocation of a license or registration shall be made
27 because of a judgment of conviction if the suspending or revoking offi-
28 cer is satisfied that the magistrate who pronounced the judgment failed
29 to comply with subdivision one of section eighteen hundred seven of this
30 chapter. In case a suspension or revocation has been made and the
31 commissioner is satisfied that there was such failure, the commissioner
32 shall restore the license or registration or both as the case may be.
33 The commissioner shall provide written notice, in a conspicuous, bold
34 type, to all persons having four license suspensions or revocations,
35 where a fifth license suspension or revocation could result in a charge
36 of aggravated unlicensed operation in the first degree pursuant to
37 subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section five
38 hundred eleven of this article, that a fifth such suspension or revoca-
39 tion would subject any person charged under such subparagraph (v) to a
40 class E felony with a definite sentence which may not exceed two years.
41 § 25. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 4 of section 514 of the
42 vehicle and traffic law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 163 of the
43 laws of 2008, and paragraph (c) as added by chapter 164 of the laws of
44 1970, are amended to read as follows:
45 (b) Upon such certification, the trial court, the clerk thereof, or
46 the administrative tribunal shall notify the registrant by certified or
47 registered mail, return receipt requested, that the commissioner shall
48 deny the registration [or renewal] application until proof from the
49 court wherein the charges were pending is provided to the commissioner
50 by such court, administrative tribunal, or registrant that such regis-
51 trant has answered or appeared, or in the case of an administrative
52 tribunal provides proof that such registrant has complied with the rules
53 and regulations of said tribunal following entry of a final decision.
54 Thereafter and upon the appearance or answer of any such person in
55 response to such summonses the trial court or clerk thereof shall forth-
56 with certify that fact to the registrant, and to the commissioner in a
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1 manner and form prescribed by the commissioner. In the case of an admin-
2 istrative tribunal such certification shall be made to the registrant
3 and to the commissioner upon compliance with the rules and regulations
4 of such tribunal. Provided, however, that proof provided to the commis-
5 sioner by a registrant in the form of a certification provided to such
6 registrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as
7 proof provided to the commissioner by such court or administrative
8 tribunal.
9 [(c) At least sixty days prior to renewal date the commissioner shall
10 notify the registrant that unless he complies with the provisions of
11 this section as set forth above, his registration or renewal thereof,
12 will be denied.]
13 § 26. Subdivision 3 of section 2261 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
14 added by chapter 869 of the laws of 1976, paragraph (b) as amended by
15 chapter 198 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
16 3. Fees. (a) The fees for the registration[, renewal, reregistration]
17 or amendment or duplicate of a registration of a limited use automobile
18 shall be the same fees as if such vehicle were registered pursuant to
19 section four hundred one of this chapter.
20 (b) The annual fee for the registration[, renewal, reregistration] or
21 amendment or duplicate of a registration of a limited use motorcycle
22 shall be six dollars and twenty-five cents. Any such registration[,
23 renewal, or reregistration] shall take effect and expire on dates to be
24 determined by the commissioner. A fee for a registration for periods of
25 more or less than one year shall not be prorated.
26 § 27. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
27 after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments
28 to paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2261 of the vehicle and
29 traffic law made by section twenty-six of this act, shall take effect on
30 the same date and in the same manner as chapter 198 of the laws of 2024,
31 takes effect. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
32 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
33 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
34 on or before such date.
