Assembly Bill A10431

                             
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                                   10431
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2026
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  imposing  a
   supplemental registration fee for counties outside of the metropolitan
   commuter transportation district
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 article 17-D to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 17-D
            SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION FEE FOR COUNTIES OUTSIDE
             THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT
 SECTION 499-E. DEFINITION.
         499-F. UPSTATE TRANSIT SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION FEE.
         499-G. COLLECTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEE.
         499-H. CALCULATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION FEE.
         499-I. DEPOSIT AND DISPOSITION OF REVENUE FROM THE UPSTATE TRAN-
                  SIT SUPPLEMENTAL FEE.
   §  499-E. DEFINITION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE "UPSTATE" SHALL
 MEAN THE AREA OF THE STATE OUTSIDE IN THE DISTRICT CREATED AND  GOVERNED
 BY SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
   §  499-F.  UPSTATE  TRANSIT SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION FEE. REGISTRANTS
 RESIDING IN COUNTIES OUTSIDE THE  METROPOLITAN  COMMUTER  TRANSPORTATION
 DISTRICT  SHALL  UPON  THE REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BE
 CHARGED A SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION FEE TO BE PAID TO  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OR  SUCH  COMMISSIONER'S AGENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 499-G. COLLECTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL  FEE.  ALL  REGISTRANTS  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES  WHO  RESIDE  OUTSIDE  THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION
 DISTRICT SHALL PAY TO THE COMMISSIONER OR SUCH COMMISSIONER'S AGENT  THE
 SUPPLEMENTAL  REGISTRATION  FEE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ARTICLE UPON REGIS-
 TRATION OR RENEWAL OF MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION FEES PURSU-
 ANT TO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THIS TITLE: PARAGRAPH A OF  SUBDIVISION
 SIX  OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE; SCHEDULES A, B, C, E, F,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD14938-01-6
 A. 10431                            2
 
 G, I AND K OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS
 TITLE;  PARAGRAPH  A OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF
 THIS TITLE; PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  TEN
 OF THIS TITLE; AND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN-B OF THIS TITLE.
   §  499-H.  CALCULATION  OF  SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION FEE. THE SUPPLE-
 MENTAL REGISTRATION FEE TO BE CHARGED PURSUANT TO SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 NINETY-NINE-F  OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE CALCULATED AT A RATE OF TWENTY-
 FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM FOR EACH YEAR OR PORTION  OF  A  YEAR  THAT  SUCH
 REGISTRATION IS VALID.
   §  499-I.  DEPOSIT AND DISPOSITION OF REVENUE FROM THE UPSTATE TRANSIT
 SUPPLEMENTAL  FEE.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEPOSIT  DAILY  ALL  FUNDS
 COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE WITH RESPONSIBLE BANKS, BANKING HOUS-
 ES  AND TRUST COMPANIES AS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER, IN TRUST
 FOR CREDIT OF THE PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION  SYSTEMS  OPERATING  ASSISTANCE
 ACCOUNT  ESTABLISHED BY SECTION EIGHTY-EIGHT-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
 SUCH DEPOSITS SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND APART FROM ALL OTHER  MONEY  IN
 THE  POSSESSION OF THE COMPTROLLER. ON OR BEFORE THE TWELFTH DAY OF EACH
 MONTH, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY TO THE COMPTROLLER THE  AMOUNT  OF
 ALL  REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH DURING THE PRIOR MONTH
 AS A RESULT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL FEES IMPOSED, INCLUDING ANY INTEREST AND
 PENALTIES THEREON. THE REVENUES SO CERTIFIED OVER THE PRIOR THREE MONTHS
 IN TOTAL SHALL BE PAID OVER BY THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE  LAST  MONTH  OF
 EACH CALENDAR QUARTER FROM SUCH ACCOUNT, WITHOUT APPROPRIATION, INTO THE
 PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION  SYSTEMS OPERATING ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED
 BY SECTION EIGHTY-EIGHT-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.