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§ 2. Subdivision 4-h of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
added by section 5 of subpart A of part WW of chapter 56 of the laws of
2024, is amended to read as follows:
4-h. Suspension of registration for covering license plates with a
license plate cover or material appearing to be a number plate or
obscuring license plates with any material or substance. [(a)] Upon
receipt of a notification from a court or an administrative tribunal
that an owner of a motor vehicle has been convicted three or more times
within a period of five years of a violation of subparagraph (ii),
(ii-a) or (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section four
hundred two of this chapter not arising out of the same incident, the
commissioner or the commissioner's agent may [suspend the registration
of the motor vehicle involved in such violation for a period of ninety
days] IMPOSE A VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BLOCK TO DENY THE REGISTRA-
TION, REREGISTRATION, RENEWAL, REPLACEMENT, OR TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION
OF A VEHICLE UNTIL A TOLLING AUTHORITY DESCRIBED IN SECTION TWO THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW ADVISES, IN SUCH
FORM AND MANNER AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE, THAT NOTICES OF
LIABILITY PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND THAT
ANY TOLLS, FEES, OR OTHER CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE AND SUCH
VEHICLE'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER HAVE BEEN PAID TO SUCH TOLLING
AUTHORITY. The commissioner may, in the commissioner's discretion, deny
[a] AN APPLICATION FOR registration [or] , REREGISTRATION, renewal
[application to any other person for the same vehicle and may deny a
registration or renewal application], REPLACEMENT, OR TRANSFER OF REGIS-
TRATION for any other motor vehicle registered in the name of the appli-
cant where the commissioner has determined that such registrant's intent
has been to evade the purposes of this paragraph and where the commis-
sioner has reasonable grounds to believe that such registration, REREG-
ISTRATION, [or] renewal, REPLACEMENT, OR TRANSFER OF THE REGISTRATION
will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this paragraph. [Such
denial shall remain in effect only as long as the suspension entered
pursuant of this paragraph remains in effect.] SUCH VEHICLE IDENTIFICA-
TION NUMBER BLOCK SHALL ONLY REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL A TOLLING AUTHORITY
DESCRIBED IN SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES LAW ADVISES, IN SUCH FORM AND MANNER AS THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL PRESCRIBE, THAT NOTICES OF LIABILITY PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SUCH
SECTION HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND ANY TOLLS, FEES, OR OTHER CHARGES ASSOCI-
ATED WITH THE VEHICLE AND SUCH VEHICLE'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
HAVE BEEN PAID TO SUCH TOLLING AUTHORITY.
[(b) Upon receipt of notification from a court or an administrative
tribunal that an owner of a motor vehicle has failed to comply with
paragraph (b) or (c) of subdivision eight of section four hundred two of
this chapter, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent may suspend
the registration of the motor vehicle involved in such violation and
such suspension shall remain in effect until such time as the commis-
sioner is advised that such owner has complied with such paragraphs, as
applicable. The commissioner may, in the commissioner's 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 commis-
sioner 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 denial shall
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remain in effect only as long as the suspension entered pursuant to this
paragraph remains in effect.]
§ 3. Subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
D. (I) NO PERSON OTHER THAN A BONA FIDE PURCHASER OF THE VEHICLE IN AN
ARMS-LENGTH TRANSACTION MAY REGISTER, REREGISTER, RENEW, REPLACE, OR
TRANSFER THE REGISTRATION OF, CHANGE THE NAME, ADDRESS, OR OTHER INFOR-
MATION OF THE REGISTERED OWNER ASSOCIATED WITH, OR CHANGE THE REGISTRA-
TION CLASSIFICATION OF, ANY VEHICLE WHOSE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
IS ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE WHOSE REGISTRATION HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, OR
IS SUBJECT TO A PENDING REQUEST FROM A TOLLING AUTHORITY DESCRIBED IN
SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
LAW TO SUSPEND SUCH REGISTRATION, BY THE COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH D OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAP-
TER.
(II) THE COMMISSIONER OR THE COMMISSIONER'S AGENT MAY IMPOSE A VEHICLE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BLOCK TO DENY AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION,
REREGISTRATION, RENEWAL, REPLACEMENT, OR TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION OF A
VEHICLE UNTIL SUCH TOLLING AUTHORITY ADVISES, IN SUCH FORM AND MANNER AS
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE, THAT NOTICES OF LIABILITY PROVIDED
PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES LAW HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND THAT ANY UNPAID TOLLS, FEES OR
OTHER CHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER HAVE BEEN PAID TO SUCH TOLLING AUTHORITY. THE COMMISSIONER MAY,
IN THE COMMISSIONER'S DISCRETION, DENY AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION,
REREGISTRATION, RENEWAL, REPLACEMENT, OR TRANSFER OF THE REGISTRATION
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, REREGISTRA-
TION, RENEWAL, REPLACEMENT, OR TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION WILL HAVE THE
EFFECT OF DEFEATING THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH. SUCH VEHICLE IDEN-
TIFICATION NUMBER BLOCK AND DENIAL SHALL ONLY REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
SUCH TOLLING AUTHORITY ADVISES, IN SUCH FORM AND MANNER AS THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE, THAT NOTICES OF LIABILITY PROVIDED PURSUANT TO
SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
LAW HAVE BEEN ANSWERED AND THAT ANY UNPAID TOLLS, FEES, OR OTHER CHARGES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER HAVE
BEEN PAID TO SUCH TOLLING AUTHORITY. SUCH DISCRETIONARY VEHICLE IDEN-
TIFICATION NUMBER BLOCK AND DISCRETIONARY REGISTRATION APPLICATION
DENIAL DESCRIBED HEREIN SHALL NOT APPLY TO A BONA FIDE PURCHASER IN AN
ARMS-LENGTH TRANSACTION.
(III) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, A BONA FIDE PURCHASER IN AN
ARMS-LENGTH TRANSACTION SHALL MEAN A VEHICLE REGISTRATION APPLICANT WHO
PROVIDES A COPY OF THE SIGNED BILL OF SALE OR OTHER SUCH CONTRACT DOCU-
MENT COVERING SUCH VEHICLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OR THE COMMISSIONER'S
AGENT, WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE SELLER AND PURCHASER, THE
PURCHASE DATE, AND THE PURCHASE PRICE CLEARLY LEGIBLE.
§ 4. Subdivision 2 of section 402-b of the vehicle and traffic law, as
added by section 4 of subpart A of part WW of chapter 56 of the laws of
2024, is amended to read as follows:
2. If the vehicle is being driven or operated in violation of subpara-
graph (ii), (ii-a) or (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of
section four hundred two of this article, such officer shall issue a
summons, provided, however, that a summons shall not be issued if, in
the discretion and at the request of such officer, the defect is
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corrected in the presence of such officer. The refusal of a police offi-
cer to permit the repair of any defect in their presence shall not be
reviewable, and shall not be a defense to any violation charged in a
summons issued pursuant to the provisions of this section. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT IF THE DEFECT IS NOT CORRECTED BY THE DRIVER OR OPERATOR
AT THE TIME A SUMMONS IS ISSUED, THE OFFICER SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO
CORRECT SUCH DEFECT BY SEIZING AND CONFISCATING ANY MATERIAL WHICH
OBSCURES, DISTORTS, OR ALTERS A NUMBER PLATE IN VIOLATION OF THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
§ 5. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
2105-b to read as follows:
§ 2105-B. LIENS ON MOTOR VEHICLES FOR FAILURE TO MAKE PAYMENTS OF
TOLLS, FEES AND OTHER CHARGES. (A) THE COMMISSIONER, ON BEHALF OF THE
DEPARTMENT, SHALL PRESCRIBE THE PROCEDURES FOR CREATION OF SECURITY
INTERESTS ON VEHICLES IN FAVOR OF THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL
AUTHORITY AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE LIEN LAW
AND SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE
OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
(B) SUCH PROCEDURES SHALL INCLUDE:
(1) NOTIFICATION THAT THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY WILL
PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF A SECURITY INTEREST ARISING FOR FAILURE TO
MAKE PAYMENTS OF TOLLS, FEES, OR OTHER CHARGES, INCLUDING HOW THE
AUTHORITY AND DEPARTMENT WILL DETERMINE THAT THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM
SUCH LIEN WILL BE IMPOSED IS THE PERSON OWING SUCH ARREARS;
(2) NOTIFICATION FROM THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY TO
THE DEPARTMENT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS SATISFIED THE SECURITY INTEREST;
AND
(3) SUCH OTHER MATTERS THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEEM NECESSARY TO
CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWELVE OF
THE LIEN LAW AND SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW.
(C) A SECURITY INTEREST ARISING UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWELVE OF
THE LIEN LAW AND ENTERED INTO THE RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO
THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE LISTED ON ANY SUBSEQUENT CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
ISSUED TO SUCH PERSON FOR THE SAME OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE.
§ 6. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 2985 of the public
authorities law, as added by section 6 of subpart A of part WW of chap-
ter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Upon exhaustion of remedies pursuant to this section or section
twenty-nine hundred eighty-five-a of this title, as applicable, the New
York state bridge authority, thruway authority, triborough bridge and
tunnel authority, metropolitan transportation authority, and port
authority of New York and New Jersey, a bi-state agency created by
compact set forth in chapter one hundred fifty-four of the laws of nine-
teen hundred twenty-one, shall have the power to enter judgments for
unpaid liabilities, provided that such unpaid liabilities include the
failure to pay tolls, fees, or other charges or the failure to have such
tolls, fees or other charges dismissed or transferred in response to
three or more notices of violation issued within a five year period
charging the registrant of a motor vehicle with a violation of toll
collection regulations, and to enforce such judgments, WHICH SHALL
INCLUDE VEHICLE SEIZURE, without court proceedings, in the same manner
as the enforcement of money judgments in civil actions in any court of
competent jurisdiction or any other place provided for the entry of
civil judgment within the state of New York, after a period of notice
pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision. The applicable tolling
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authority shall not enforce such judgments until thirty days have
elapsed from issuing a notice pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivi-
sion.
§ 7. Subdivision 3 of section 165.15 of the penal law is amended to
read as follows:
3. With intent to obtain railroad, subway, bus, air, taxi or any other
public transportation service OR TO ACCESS ANY TOLLED HIGHWAY, PARKWAY,
ROAD, BRIDGE, TUNNEL, OR TOLLED CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT without
payment of the lawful charge OR TOLL therefor, or to avoid payment of
the lawful charge OR TOLL for such transportation service OR ACCESS
which has been rendered to [him] THEM, [he obtains] THEY OBTAIN or
[attempts] ATTEMPT to obtain such service OR ACCESS TO ANY TOLLED HIGH-
WAY, PARKWAY, ROAD, BRIDGE, TUNNEL, OR TOLLED CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
or [avoids] AVOID or [attempts] ATTEMPT to avoid payment therefor by
force, intimidation, stealth, deception, or mechanical tampering, or by
unjustifiable failure or refusal to pay; or
§ 8. Subdivision (b) of section 5230 of the civil practice law and
rules, as amended by chapter 831 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) Issuance. At any time before a judgment or order is satisfied or
vacated, an execution may be issued from the supreme court, county court
or a family court, in the county in which the judgment was first docket-
ed, by the clerk of the court or the attorney for the judgment creditor
as officer of the court, to the sheriffs of one or more counties of the
state, TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT,
OR TO PEACE OFFICERS OF THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY
directing each of them to satisfy the judgment or order out of the real
and personal property of the judgment debtor or obligor and the debts
due to [him or her] THEM. Provided, however, if the applicable interest
rate changes pursuant to section five thousand four of this chapter
while an execution is ongoing, the clerk of the court of the supreme
court, county court or a family court, in the county in which the judg-
ment was first docketed, or the attorney for the judgment creditor as
officer of the court, shall be authorized to issue an amended execution
to the sheriffs of one or more counties of the state, TO THE METROPOL-
ITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR TO PEACE OFFICERS OF
THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY and shall issue [an] SUCH
amended execution within sixty days of the effective date of the chapter
of the laws of two thousand twenty-one which amended this subdivision,
effective as of the date of the rate change. PROVIDED HOWEVER, AN
EXECUTION ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANS-
PORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR TO PEACE OFFICERS OF THE
TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY MAY ONLY BE ISSUED WHERE THE
EXECUTION RELATES TO A JUDGMENT FOR WHICH SUCH AUTHORITY IS THE JUDGMENT
CREDITOR. Where the judgment or order is for support and is payable to
the support collection unit designated by the appropriate social
services district, such unit shall be authorized to issue the execution
and to satisfy the judgment or order out of the real and personal prop-
erty of the judgment debtor or obligor and the debts due to [him or her]
THEM.
§ 9. Subdivision (d) of section 5230 of the civil practice law and
rules, as amended by chapter 59 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) Records of sheriff or support collection unit. Each sheriff,
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, PEACE OFFICER
OF THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY or support collection unit
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shall keep a record of executions delivered showing the names of the
parties and the judgment debtor or obligor; the dates of issue and
return; the date and time of delivery, which shall be endorsed upon the
execution; the amount due at the time the execution was delivered; and
the amount of the judgment or order and of the sheriff's fees unpaid, if
any, at the time of the return.
§ 10. Subdivision 1 of section 184 of the lien law, as amended by
chapter 137 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
1. A person keeping a garage, hangar or place for the storage, mainte-
nance, keeping or repair of motor vehicles as defined by the vehicle and
traffic law, or of motor boats as defined by article seven of the navi-
gation law, or of aircraft as defined by article fourteen of the general
business law, and who in connection therewith tows, stores, maintains,
keeps or repairs any motor vehicle, motor boat, or aircraft or furnishes
gasoline or other supplies therefor at the request or with the consent
of the owner or WHO, subject to the provisions of subdivision two of
this section, tows and stores any motor vehicle at the request of a law
enforcement officer authorized to remove such motor vehicle, whether or
not such motor vehicle, motor boat or aircraft is subject to a security
interest, OR WHO HAS ENTERED A JUDGMENT FOR FAILURE TO PAY TOLLS, FEES,
OR OTHER CHARGES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND
NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW, has a lien upon
such motor vehicle, motor boat or aircraft for the sum due for such
towing, storing, maintaining, keeping or repairing of such motor vehi-
cle, motor boat or aircraft or for furnishing gasoline or other supplies
therefor and may detain such motor vehicle, motor boat or aircraft at
any time it may be lawfully in [his] THEIR possession until such sum is
paid, except that if the lienor, subsequent to thirty days from the
accrual of such lien, allows the motor vehicle, motor boat or aircraft
out of [his] THEIR actual possession the lien provided for in this
section shall thereupon become void as against all security interests,
whether or not perfected, in such motor vehicles, motor boat or aircraft
and executed prior to the accrual of such lien, notwithstanding
possession of such motor vehicle, motor boat or aircraft is thereafter
acquired by such lienor. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO
THE CONTRARY, POSSESSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR A LIENOR
WHO HAS ENTERED A JUDGEMENT FOR FAILURE TO PAY TOLLS, FEES, OR OTHER
CHARGES AGAINST SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
LAW. However, if the bailee of a motor vehicle, motor boat or aircraft
has furnished a written estimate of the cost of towing, storage, mainte-
nance, repair or any other service on such motor vehicle, motor boat or
aircraft, any lien sought by such bailee for such service may not be in
an amount in excess of the written estimate.
§ 11. The lien law is amended by adding a new section 212 to read as
follows:
§ 212. ARREARS/PAST DUE TOLLS, FEES AND OTHER CHARGES. 1. THE TRIBOR-
OUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY SHALL HAVE A LIEN AGAINST PERSONAL
PROPERTY UPON THE ENTRY OF JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
SECTION TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
LAW FOR FAILURE TO PAY TOLLS, FEES, OR OTHER CHARGES. IN THE CASE OF A
VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION (N) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED ONE
OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, SUCH LIEN SHALL BE PERFECTED WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF LIEN OR OF A
RELEASE OF LIEN SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHOUT PAYMENT OF A FEE. THE FILING
OF NOTICE OF LIEN OR RELEASE OF LIEN MAY BE DONE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.
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2. THE STATE SHALL ACCORD FULL FAITH AND CREDIT TO LIENS WHICH ARISE
IN ANOTHER STATE WHEN SUCH STATE AGENCY, PARTY, OR OTHER ENTITY SEEKING
TO ENFORCE SUCH A LIEN COMPLIES WITH THE PROCEDURAL RULES RELATING TO
SUCH LIENS AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE FORTY-SIX OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
FIC LAW OR THIS ARTICLE AS IS APPROPRIATE. SUCH RULES MAY NOT REQUIRE
JUDICIAL NOTICE OR HEARING PRIOR TO ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH A LIEN AND
ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THIS ARTICLE.
§ 12. This act shall take effect immediately.