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