STATE OF NEW YORK
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5398
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 10, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the
collection of supplemental vehicle registration, learners permits and
drivers license fees for New York City registrants and operators; to
amend the state finance law, in relation to the metropolitan transpor-
tation authority financial assistance fund; and to repeal article 17-C
of the vehicle and traffic law relating to the metropolitan commuter
transportation district supplemental registration fee
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 17-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
2 § 2. Section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
3 new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
4 24. Collection of supplemental fee for New York City registrants. a.
5 All registrants of motor vehicles who reside in the city of New York
6 shall pay to the commissioner or his or her agent a supplemental regis-
7 tration fee of twenty-five dollars per annum for each year or portion of
8 a year that such registration is valid upon registration or renewal of
9 motor vehicles subject to registration fees pursuant to the following
10 provisions: paragraph a of subdivision six of this section; schedules A,
11 B, C, E, F, G, I and K of subdivision seven of this section; paragraph a
12 of subdivision eight of this section; paragraph a of subdivision five of
13 section four hundred ten of this title; and section four hundred
14 eleven-b of this title.
15 b. The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds derived from the
16 collection of the supplemental fee established pursuant to paragraph a
17 of this subdivision with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust
18 companies as may be designated by the state comptroller, to the credit
19 of the comptroller. On or before the twelfth day of each month, the
20 commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount of all revenues
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 received pursuant to this article during the prior month as a result of
2 the supplemental fee imposed, including any interest and penalties ther-
3 eon. The revenues so certified shall be deposited by the state comp-
4 troller in the metropolitan transportation authority aid trust account
5 of the metropolitan transportation authority financial assistance fund
6 established pursuant to section ninety-two-ff of the state finance law
7 for deposit, subject to appropriation, in the corporate transportation
8 account of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance
9 fund established by section twelve hundred seventy-a of the public
10 authorities law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of subdivi-
11 sion four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this section
12 that is deposited by the comptroller in the metropolitan transportation
13 authority aid trust account of the metropolitan transportation authority
14 financial assistance fund shall be held in such fund free and clear of
15 any claim by any person or entity paying an additional fee pursuant to
16 this section, including, without limiting the generality of the forego-
17 ing, any right or claim against the metropolitan transportation authori-
18 ty, any of its bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metro-
19 politan transportation authority.
20 § 3. Paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle
21 and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter 58 of the
22 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
23 (b-1) Supplemental learner permit/license fee in the [metropolitan
24 commuter transportation district] city of New York. (i) Upon passage of
25 the knowledge test required to obtain a learner's permit, an applicant
26 for a driver's license who resides in the [metropolitan commuter trans-
27 portation district] city of New York established by section [one thou-
28 sand two hundred sixty-two] twelve hundred sixty-two of the public
29 authorities law shall be required to pay a supplemental fee of one
30 dollar for each six months or portion thereof of the period of validity
31 of a learner's permit or license which is or may be issued pursuant to
32 the provisions of subparagraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) of this
33 subdivision.
34 (ii) The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds collected pursuant
35 to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph with such responsible banks, bank-
36 ing houses or trust companies as may be designated by the state comp-
37 troller, in trust for the credit of the metropolitan transportation
38 authority. An account may be established in one or more of such deposi-
39 tories. Such deposits shall be kept separate and apart from all other
40 money in the possession of the comptroller. On or before the twelfth day
41 of each month, the commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the
42 amount of all revenues received pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this
43 paragraph during the prior month as a result of the supplemental fee
44 imposed, including any interest and penalties thereon. The revenues so
45 certified over the prior three months in total shall be paid over by the
46 fifteenth day of the last month of each calendar quarter from such
47 account, without appropriation, into the corporate transportation
48 account of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance
49 fund established by section twelve hundred seventy-a of the public
50 authorities law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of subdivi-
51 sion four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this section
52 that is deposited by the comptroller in the corporate transportation
53 account of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance
54 fund shall be held in such fund free and clear of any claim by any
55 person or entity paying an additional fee pursuant to this section,
56 including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any right
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1 or claim against the metropolitan transportation authority, any of its
2 bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metropolitan trans-
3 portation authority.
4 § 4. Paragraph (c-3) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle
5 and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter 58 of the
6 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
7 (c-3) (i) Supplemental renewal fee in the [metropolitan commuter
8 transportation district] city of New York. In addition to the fees
9 required to be paid pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
10 supplemental fee of one dollar for each six months or portion thereof of
11 the validity of the license shall be paid for renewal of a license of a
12 person who resides in the [metropolitan commuter transportation
13 district] city of New York established by section [one thousand two
14 hundred sixty-two] twelve hundred sixty-two of the public authorities
15 law issued by the commissioner.
16 (ii) The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds collected pursuant
17 to this paragraph with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust
18 companies as may be designated by the state comptroller, in trust for
19 the credit of the metropolitan transportation authority. An account may
20 be established in one or more of such depositories. Such deposits shall
21 be kept separate and apart from all other money in the possession of the
22 comptroller. On or before the twelfth day of each month, the commission-
23 er shall certify to the comptroller the amount of all revenues received
24 pursuant to this paragraph during the prior month as a result of the
25 supplemental fees imposed, including any interest and penalties thereon.
26 The revenues so certified over the prior three months in total shall be
27 paid over by the fifteenth day of the last month of each calendar quar-
28 ter from such account, without appropriation, into the corporate trans-
29 portation account of the metropolitan transportation authority special
30 assistance fund established by section twelve hundred seventy-a of the
31 public authorities law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of
32 subdivision four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this
33 section that is deposited by the comptroller in the corporate transpor-
34 tation account of the metropolitan transportation authority special
35 assistance fund shall be held in such fund free and clear of any claim
36 by any person or entity paying an additional fee pursuant to this
37 section, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
38 any right or claim against the metropolitan transportation authority,
39 any of its bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metropol-
40 itan transportation authority.
41 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
