Assembly Bill A10863

                             
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                                   10863
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 8, 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, the criminal procedure  law
   and  the penal law, in relation to removing the requirement for regis-
   tration stickers and provides for electronic certificates of registra-
   tion for certain motor vehicles

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  3 and 4 and paragraph a of subdivision 9 of
 section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, subdivision 3 as amended  by
 chapter 548 of the laws of 1986, paragraph a of subdivision 3 as amended
 by  section  1  of part H and paragraph b of subdivision 3 as amended by
 section 24 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, paragraph  d  of
 subdivision  3 as added by chapter 152 of the laws of 1990, and subdivi-
 sion 4 as amended by chapter 132 of the laws of  1986,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  Certificates  of  registration. a. Upon filing of such application
 and the payment of the fee hereinafter provided, the commissioner  shall
 assign  to  such motor vehicle a distinctive number and, without expense
 to the applicant, issue and deliver in such manner as  the  commissioner
 may  select  to the owner a certificate of registration, in such form as
 the commissioner shall prescribe, and two number plates at a place with-
 in the state of New York named by the applicant in [his  or  her]  THEIR
 application. A number plate, within the meaning of this chapter, may, in
 the  discretion  of  the commissioner, be a plate of a permanent nature,
 treated  with  reflectorized  material   according   to   specifications
 prescribed  by  the  commissioner[, and with a date tag attached to such
 plate or to the vehicle as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner
 indicating the validity of the plate during a  certain  period  and  the
 issuance  of such a number plate with such date tag to a person possess-
 ing such a number plate shall be deemed the issuance of a number plate].
 An additional fee, not to exceed twenty-five dollars, shall be  paid  to
 the commissioner whenever a set of reflectorized number plates is issued
 for  any vehicle for which a registration fee is normally charged except
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 that, with respect to any number plate which is  specifically  requested
 by  the  applicant,  such  fee  shall  be  paid to the commissioner upon
 approval of such request. In  the  event  of  the  loss,  mutilation  or
 destruction  of any certificate of registration, any number plate or set
 of number plates [whether with or without a date tag  or  tags,  or  any
 date tag or set of date tags provided for in this article], the owner of
 a  registered  motor  vehicle  may  file such statement and proof of the
 facts as the commissioner shall require, with a fee of three dollars, in
 the office of the commissioner, or, unless and  until  the  commissioner
 shall  otherwise  direct,  in  the  office  of  the agent who issued the
 certificate, plate, OR plates[, tag or tags]  and  the  commissioner  or
 [his or her] THEIR agent, as the case may be, shall issue a duplicate or
 substitute. It shall be the duty of every owner holding a certificate of
 registration  to  notify  the  commissioner  in writing of any change of
 residence of such person within ten days after such change  occurs,  and
 to  inscribe  on  such certificate, in the place provided by the commis-
 sioner, a record of such change of residence.
   b. During a registration period the commissioner may, upon application
 by the owner of a registered motor vehicle and upon payment of a fee  of
 three  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents,  change the distinctive number
 assigned to such motor vehicle and issue a  new  set  of  number  plates
 provided  the  original  registration and number plates are surrendered.
 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, the  differ-
 ence  collected between the fees set forth in this subdivision in effect
 on and after September first, two thousand nine and the fees  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.
   c. The commissioner may waive the payment of fees  required  by  para-
 graph  a  of  this subdivision if the applicant is a victim of crime and
 the certificate of registration or  number  plates  applied  for  are  a
 replacement  for  those  that  were lost or destroyed as a result of the
 crime.
   d. In processing any application for  a  certificate  of  registration
 pursuant to this article or to title eleven of this chapter, the commis-
 sioner shall provide the applicant with informational materials describ-
 ing the lead-acid battery management, return and collection requirements
 set  forth  in  title  seventeen of article twenty-seven of the environ-
 mental conservation law, and the  used  oil  management,  recycling  and
 disposal  requirements  set forth in title twenty-three of article twen-
 ty-three of the environmental conservation law. Such informational mate-
 rials shall be distributed at the  first  opportunity  and  periodically
 thereafter.
   E. THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION RENEWAL STUB MAY BE
 PROVIDED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  EITHER  PAPER OR ELECTRONIC FORM. A
 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION RENEWAL  STUB  ISSUED  ELEC-
 TRONICALLY  SHALL  BE  SUFFICIENT FOR ANY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAW FOR
 CARRYING OR PRODUCING SUCH DOCUMENTS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "ELECTRONIC FORM" MEANS THE DISPLAY OF IMAGES ON AN  ELECTRONIC  DEVICE,
 SUCH AS A CELLULAR TELEPHONE, TABLET, OR COMPUTER. THE USE OF A CELLULAR
 TELEPHONE,  TABLET,  COMPUTER, OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO DISPLAY
 ANY PROOF OF REGISTRATION ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  NOT  CONSTI-
 TUTE  CONSENT FOR A POLICE OFFICER OR JUDGE TO ACCESS ANY OTHER CONTENTS
 ON THE DEVICE. ANY POLICE OFFICER OR JUDGE PRESENTED WITH AN  ELECTRONIC
 DEVICE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE IMMUNE FROM ANY LIABILITY
 RESULTING FROM UNINTENTIONAL DAMAGE TO SUCH DEVICE.
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   F. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  CONCERNING
 THE ISSUANCE, DESIGN, AND CONTENT OF THE CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION OR
 REGISTRATION  RENEWAL  STUBS ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL TAKE ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY TO  DETER  AND  DETECT  COUNTERFEIT  OR
 FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION RENEWAL STUBS IN
 AN ELECTRONIC FORM.
   4. Carrying certificate of registration. Any magistrate, motor vehicle
 inspector, peace officer, acting pursuant to [his] THEIR special duties,
 or  police  officer  may  request that the operator of any motor vehicle
 produce for inspection the certificate of registration for such  vehicle
 and  such  operator  shall  furnish to such magistrate, inspector, peace
 officer or police officer any information necessary for the  identifica-
 tion  of  such  vehicle  and  its  owner,  and  all information required
 concerning [his] THEIR license to operate, if [he is] THEY ARE  required
 by  law to have such a license, and shall, if required, sign [his] THEIR
 name in the presence of such magistrate,  inspector,  peace  officer  or
 police officer as a further means of identification. The production of a
 license  to  a  magistrate,  inspector,  peace officer or police officer
 shall be prima facie evidence in a prosecution for a  violation  of  any
 provision  of  this chapter, other than section three hundred ninety-two
 of this chapter, that the person who so  produced  the  license  is  the
 person identified on such license. Provided, however, that a photostatic
 copy  of  the certificate of registration may be produced in lieu of the
 original certificate. [If a vehicle does not have affixed  a  validating
 sticker  which  indicates  the  plate number, the vehicle identification
 number and the expiration date of  the  registration,  the]  NO  VEHICLE
 WHICH  WAS  REGISTERED  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A
 VALIDATING STICKER AFFIXED TO IT IN ANY MANNER. THE failure  to  produce
 the  certificate  of registration, or a photostatic copy of such certif-
 icate, shall be presumptive evidence of operating  a  motor  vehicle  or
 trailer which is not registered as required by this article.
   a. Where a motor vehicle registered under this article requires regis-
 tration  in  another  class  because  of a change in its form or use, an
 application for the correct registration may be granted upon the surren-
 dering of the [certificate of registration and] number  plates  and  the
 payment of a fee of one dollar, together with the excess, if any, of the
 fee  for  the  correct registration over the fee for the registration in
 the class in which the vehicle is registered, both fees to  be  computed
 as  of the date of granting the correct registration; provided, however,
 that if the vehicle has already been registered in more than  one  class
 during  the  year, the class requiring the highest fee shall be taken as
 the basis in determining the additional fee, if any, to be paid  instead
 of  the  class  in  which  the  vehicle is registered at the time of the
 application.
   § 2. Section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION. THE CERTIFICATE  OF  REGISTRA-
 TION OR REGISTRATION RENEWAL STUB MAY BE PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN
 EITHER PAPER OR ELECTRONIC FORM. A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OR REGIS-
 TRATION  RENEWAL  STUB ISSUED ELECTRONICALLY SHALL BE SUFFICIENT FOR ANY
 REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAW FOR CARRYING  OR  PRODUCING  SUCH  DOCUMENTS.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ELECTRONIC FORM" MEANS THE DISPLAY OF
 IMAGES ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SUCH AS A CELLULAR TELEPHONE, TABLET, OR
 COMPUTER.  THE  USE  OF  A  CELLULAR TELEPHONE, TABLET, COMPUTER, OR ANY
 OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO DISPLAY ANY PROOF OF REGISTRATION  ISSUED  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT FOR A POLICE OFFICER OR
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 JUDGE TO ACCESS ANY OTHER CONTENTS ON THE DEVICE. ANY POLICE OFFICER  OR
 JUDGE PRESENTED WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE IMMUNE FROM ANY LIABILITY RESULTING FROM UNINTENTIONAL DAMAGE TO SUCH
 DEVICE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERN-
 ING  THE  ISSUANCE, DESIGN, AND CONTENT OF THE CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRA-
 TION OR REGISTRATION  RENEWAL  STUBS  ISSUED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL TAKE ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY TO DETER AND DETECT COUN-
 TERFEIT OR  FRAUDULENT  CERTIFICATES  OF  REGISTRATION  OR  REGISTRATION
 RENEWAL STUBS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM.
   §  3.  Subdivision 3 of section 410 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 466 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. Certificate of registration. a. Upon the filing of such application
 and  the payment of the fee hereinafter provided, the commissioner shall
 assign to such motorcycle a distinctive number and, without  expense  to
 the  applicant, issue and deliver in such manner as the commissioner may
 select to the owner a certificate of registration, in such form  as  the
 commissioner  may  prescribe,  and  a number plate at a place within the
 state of New York named by the applicant in [his] THEIR application.  In
 the  event  of the loss, mutilation or destruction of any certificate of
 registration or number plate, the owner of a registered vehicle may file
 such statement and proof of the facts as the commissioner shall require,
 with a fee of three dollars, in the  office  of  the  commissioner,  or,
 unless  and until the commissioner shall otherwise direct, in the office
 of the agent who issued the certificate or plate and the commissioner or
 [his] THEIR agent, as the case  may  be,  shall  issue  a  duplicate  or
 substitute. No application for registration shall be accepted unless the
 applicant is at least sixteen years of age.
   b. Upon the issuance of a certificate of registration, the commission-
 er  shall  provide the owner of such vehicle with a notice regarding the
 laws governing unidentifiable motorcycle parts, in such form and  manner
 as the commissioner may prescribe.
   C. THE CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION RENEWAL STUB MAY BE
 PROVIDED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  EITHER  PAPER OR ELECTRONIC FORM. A
 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION RENEWAL  STUB  ISSUED  ELEC-
 TRONICALLY  SHALL  BE  SUFFICIENT FOR ANY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAW FOR
 CARRYING OR PRODUCING SUCH DOCUMENTS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "ELECTRONIC FORM" MEANS THE DISPLAY OF IMAGES ON AN  ELECTRONIC  DEVICE,
 SUCH AS A CELLULAR TELEPHONE, TABLET, OR COMPUTER. THE USE OF A CELLULAR
 TELEPHONE,  TABLET,  COMPUTER, OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO DISPLAY
 ANY PROOF OF REGISTRATION ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  NOT  CONSTI-
 TUTE  CONSENT FOR A POLICE OFFICER OR JUDGE TO ACCESS ANY OTHER CONTENTS
 ON THE DEVICE. ANY POLICE OFFICER OR JUDGE PRESENTED WITH AN  ELECTRONIC
 DEVICE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE IMMUNE FROM ANY LIABILITY
 RESULTING FROM UNINTENTIONAL DAMAGE TO SUCH DEVICE.
   D. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  CONCERNING
 THE ISSUANCE, DESIGN, AND CONTENT OF THE CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION OR
 REGISTRATION  RENEWAL  STUBS ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL TAKE ANY ACTIONS NECESSARY TO  DETER  AND  DETECT  COUNTERFEIT  OR
 FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION RENEWAL STUBS IN
 AN ELECTRONIC FORM.
   §  4.  Paragraph  (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1.20 of the criminal
 procedure law, as added by chapter 450 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) an appearance ticket issued for a parking infraction when (i) such
 ticket  is  based on personal knowledge or information and belief of the
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 police officer or other public servant who issues the ticket,  (ii)  the
 police  officer  or other public servant who issues such ticket verifies
 that false statements made therein are punishable as a class A misdemea-
 nor, (iii) the infraction or infractions contained therein are stated in
 detail  and  not in conclusory terms so as to provide the defendant with
 sufficient  notice  including,  but  not  limited,  to  the   applicable
 provision  of  law allegedly violated, and the date, time and particular
 place of the alleged infraction, and (iv) such ticket contains: (1)  the
 license plate designation of the ticketed vehicle, (2) the license plate
 type  of  the ticketed vehicle, (3) the expiration of the ticketed vehi-
 cle's registration, (4) the make or model of the ticketed  vehicle,  and
 (5) the body type of the ticketed vehicle, provided, however, that where
 the  plate  type  or  the  expiration date are not shown on [either] the
 registration plates [or sticker] of a vehicle [or where the registration
 sticker is covered, faded, defaced or mutilated so that  it  is  unread-
 able],  the  plate type or the expiration date may be omitted, provided,
 further, however, that such condition must be so described and  inserted
 on the instrument.
   §  5.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2-a of section 238 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as added by chapter 224 of the laws of 1995, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of subdivision  two  of
 this  section, where the plate type or the expiration date are not shown
 on [either] the registration plates [or sticker] of a vehicle [or  where
 the registration sticker is covered, faded, defaced or mutilated so that
 it  is unreadable], the plate type or the expiration date may be omitted
 from the notice of violation; provided, however, such condition must  be
 so described and inserted on the notice of violation.
   §  6.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 313
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 509 of the laws of
 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) Either simultaneously or after the up-dated  database  system  has
 been  established,  the  commissioner shall develop a computer indicator
 that can be imprinted [on a vehicle registration sticker or] on a stick-
 er to be affixed to the insured's license plate. Such  indicator  system
 shall enable law enforcement personnel and other authorized persons when
 acting in the course of their official duties to access the department's
 database so that such persons can ascertain whether a vehicle is proper-
 ly insured or not insured;
   §  7.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 313
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 500 of the laws of
 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) Either simultaneously or after the online verification system  has
 been  established,  the  commissioner shall develop a computer indicator
 that can be imprinted [on a vehicle registration sticker or] on a stick-
 er to be affixed to the insured's license plate. Such  indicator  system
 shall enable law enforcement personnel and other authorized persons when
 acting  in  the course of their official duties to access information in
 the department's online verification system so  that  such  persons  can
 ascertain whether a vehicle is properly insured or not insured;
   § 8. Section 403-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 ter 61 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   §  403-a.  Temporary  indicia  of  registration.  The commissioner may
 promulgate regulations to provide for temporary indicia of  registration
 which shall permit a person to operate or park a motor vehicle or trail-
 er  on the public highways of this state without number plates issued by
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 the commissioner [or validating stickers] for a  period  not  to  exceed
 fifteen days when the number plate or plates [or validating sticker] for
 such  motor  vehicle  or  trailer  has  been  lost, stolen, mutilated or
 destroyed. Such regulations may provide for the charging of a fee of not
 more  than three dollars for any issuance of temporary indicia of regis-
 tration. Any person who operates or parks a motor vehicle or trailer  on
 the  public highways of this state, which motor vehicle or trailer is in
 fact validly registered pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  four
 hundred  one or four hundred ten of this chapter, without a number plate
 or plates [or validating sticker], and who has complied  with  any  such
 regulations promulgated by the commissioner under this section shall not
 be  deemed  to  be  operating  or  parking a motor vehicle or trailer in
 violation of subdivision one or three of section  four  hundred  two  or
 section  four  hundred  three  of this chapter. Falsifying any temporary
 indicia of registration prescribed by any regulation of the commissioner
 issued pursuant to this section shall be a traffic infraction.
   § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 428 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  515  of  the  laws  of 1982, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Any fee paid for the registration of a vehicle under the provisions
 of this chapter shall be refunded, less the sum of one dollar,  provided
 that  the  commissioner and the state comptroller are satisfied that the
 registration has not been used and the number plates [and sticker]  have
 been  surrendered  to  the commissioner within two months after the date
 the fee was paid or the beginning of the registration period  for  which
 the  registration  was  issued,  whichever  comes  later and application
 therefor is filed with the commissioner within the  period  of  validity
 for which such registration was issued.
   §  10.  Paragraph  (c) of subdivision 4 of section 450.10 of the penal
 law, as added by chapter 421 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (c)  A  motor  vehicle  alleged to have been stolen but not alleged to
 have been used in connection with  any  crime  or  criminal  transaction
 other  than the theft or unlawful use of said motor vehicle, which is in
 the custody of a police officer, a peace officer or a district attorney,
 may be released expeditiously to its registered  owner  or  the  owner's
 representative  without  prior  notice  to  the  defendant.  Before such
 release, evidentiary photographs shall be taken of such  motor  vehicle.
 Such  photographs  shall  include  the  vehicle  identification  number,
 [registration on windshield,] license plates, each side of the  vehicle,
 including  vent  windows,  door locks and handles, the front and back of
 the vehicle, the interior of the vehicle, including ignition lock,  seat
 to floor clearance, center console, radio receptacle and dashboard area,
 the  motor,  and any other interior or exterior surfaces showing any and
 all damage to the vehicle. Notice of such release, and  the  photographs
 taken  of  said  vehicle,  shall  be  furnished  to the defendant within
 fifteen days after arraignment or after  counsel  initially  appears  on
 behalf of the defendant or respondent, whichever occurs later.
   § 11. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 236 of
 the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  as added by chapter 388 of the laws of
 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   (3) such owner or other person presents either a PHYSICAL OR ELECTRON-
 IC registration card or title for the vehicle, and
   § 12. Subdivision 1 of section 312 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
 separately  amended  by  chapters 781 and 896 of the laws of 1983 and as
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 further amended by section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of  the  laws  of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  (a)  No motor vehicle shall be registered in this state unless the
 application for such registration is accompanied by proof  of  financial
 security which shall be evidenced by proof of insurance or evidence of a
 financial  security  bond, a financial security deposit or qualification
 as a self-insurer under section three hundred sixteen; provided that, if
 directed by regulation of the commissioner, upon renewal of registration
 an application [accompanied by a certificate of registration or  renewal
 stub]  in  force  immediately  preceding  the  date  of  application for
 renewal, together with a statement in a form prescribed by  the  commis-
 sioner  certifying  that there is in effect proof of financial security,
 shall meet the requirements  of  this  section.  Upon  the  issuance  or
 renewal  of  a  private passenger automobile insurance policy subject to
 the provisions [of section one hundred sixty-seven-aa] of the  insurance
 law,  the  insurance  company shall provide the insured with an informa-
 tional statement outlining  the  legal  and  financial  consequences  of
 convictions  under  section  one thousand one hundred ninety-two of this
 chapter, pertaining to operating a motor vehicle while under the  influ-
 ence  of  alcohol  or  drugs.  Such information shall be supplied to the
 company by the state department of financial  services  in  consultation
 with the commissioner.
   (b)  The owner of such motor vehicle shall maintain proof of financial
 security continuously throughout the registration period and [his]  SUCH
 OWNER'S failure to produce proof of financial security when requested to
 do  so upon demand of a magistrate, motor vehicle inspector, peace offi-
 cer, acting pursuant to [his] THEIR special duties, or  police  officer,
 while  such  vehicle is being operated upon the public highway, shall be
 presumptive evidence of operating  a  motor  vehicle  without  proof  of
 financial  security.  Upon the production of proof of financial security
 such presumption is removed.  Production of proof of financial  security
 may  be  made  by mailing such proof to the court having jurisdiction in
 the matter, and any necessary response by such court or  acknowledgement
 of the production of such proof may also be made by mail. When insurance
 with  respect  to  any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, is termi-
 nated the owner shall surrender forthwith [his registration  certificate
 and]  THE  number plates of the vehicle to the commissioner unless proof
 of financial security otherwise is maintained in  compliance  with  this
 article.
   § 13. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law;  provided,  however, section seven of this act shall take effect on
 the same date and in the same manner as section 2 of chapter 500 of  the
 laws of 2025, takes effect.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.