Senate Bill S207

                             
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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  regis-
   tration of motor vehicles; and to amend the administrative code of the
   city  of  New York, the insurance law, the tax law, the transportation
   law, and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making conforming
   changes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The section heading and subdivisions 5 and 5-a of section
 401 of the vehicle and traffic law, subdivision 5 as amended by  chapter
 136  of  the  laws  of  1969, paragraph a of subdivision 5 as amended by
 chapter 137 of the laws of   1989,  paragraph  b  of  subdivision  5  as
 amended  by chapter 826 of the laws of 1985, and paragraph c of subdivi-
 sion 5 as amended by chapter 356 of the laws of 1990, subdivision 5-a as
 added by chapter 164 of the laws of 1970, paragraph a of subdivision 5-a
 as separately added by chapters 421, 460 and 773 of the  laws  of  2021,
 subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph a as amended by section 8 of part MM of
 chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, paragraph b of subdivision 5-a as  added
 and  paragraph  c  as relettered by chapter 487 of the laws of 1993, are
 amended to read as follows:
   Registration of motor vehicles; fees[; renewals].
   5. [Times for] VALIDITY OF registration[, reregistration and renewal];
 proportionate fees.  [a.  Registrations,  reregistrations  and  renewals
 shall  take  effect  and expire on dates determined by the commissioner.
 However, where the expiration date of the registration of  any  vehicle,
 except  a taxi or an omnibus, falls on a Saturday, Sunday or state holi-
 day, such registration shall be valid for the operation of such  vehicle
 until  midnight of the next day on which state offices shall be open for
 business. Provided, however, that renewal of a registration may be  used

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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-
 ication  from  a  court,  parking violations bureau, traffic and parking
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 violations agency or administrative tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction
 that the registrant or [his  or  her]  THEIR  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 eigh-
 teen  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 registrant  or  [his  or  her]  THEIR  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 indi-
 cations 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  operation  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 monetary 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 operation  of  photo  speed  violation
 monitoring  systems,  in accordance with article thirty of this chapter,
 or (viii) the registrant was liable for a violation of bus operation-re-
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 lated traffic regulations as defined  by  article  twenty-four  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 bus operation-related traffic regulations through
 the installation and operation of bus operation-related  photo  devices,
 in accordance with article twenty-four of this chapter, the commissioner
 or  [his  or  her]  THEIR  agent  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 appearance or answer has been made or in the
 case of an administrative tribunal that [he or she] SUCH  APPLICANT  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]  SUCH  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 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  subdivi-
 sion.  Such  denial shall only remain in effect as long as the summonses
 remain unanswered, or in the case of  an  administrative  tribunal,  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
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 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] SUCH COMMISSIONER'S
 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 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
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 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-
 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.
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   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.
   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-
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 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
 [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
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 was in charge of the owner or [his] SUCH OWNER'S agent.  The  provisions
 of  section five hundred ten of this chapter shall apply to such suspen-
 sion 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
 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-
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 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]  SUCH
 COMMISSIONER  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 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] SUCH OWNER 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 vehi-
 cle 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-
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 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
 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] SUCH PERSON
 makes application for  the  registration[,  re-registration  or  renewal
 thereof]  of  such  motor  vehicle is domiciled in the city, unless [he]
 SUCH PERSON maintains no permanent place of abode in the city, maintains
 a permanent place of abode elsewhere, 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]  SUCH  PERSON makes such application, 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 applica-
 tion is made, spent in the aggregate more than one hundred  and  eighty-
 three days in the city, unless such individual 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
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 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
 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 of subdivision 9 of section 140 of  the  transporta-
 tion  law, as amended by section 3 of part III of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2019, is 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
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 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
 that the operation of such vehicle is in violation of this  subdivision,
 shall be guilty of a class E felony.
   § 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] SUCH REGISTRANT'S option may
 surrender the registration and number plates to any county clerk who  is
 acting  as  an agent of the commissioner pursuant to section two hundred
 five of this chapter. Such county clerk may accept a surrender of regis-
 tration 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 commissioner. For the purposes  of  this  section  the
 expiration  of  a  registration  [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
 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:
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   (b)  The  commissioner  may  require the applicant for registration to
 furnish [such] proof of [his or her] disability or such proof  of  disa-
 bility  of  such  members of [his or her] SUCH APPLICANT'S family from a
 physician, physician assistant or  nurse  practitioner,  to  the  extent
 authorized  by  law and consistent 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 subdi-
 vision 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] SUCH COMMISSIONER'S  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 section four hundred one; schedules A, B, C, E, F, G,
 I and K of subdivision seven of section four hundred one; paragraph a of
 subdivision  eight  of section four hundred one; paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion 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
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 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]  SUCH  COMMISSIONER'S  agent shall suspend the registration of the
 vehicle involved in the violation for a period of ninety days; upon  the
 receipt  of  such notification of a third or subsequent conviction for a
 violation of such subdivision all of which were committed within a peri-
 od of eighteen months, the commissioner  or  [his]  SUCH  COMMISSIONER'S
 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 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
 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,  and
 the  closing  paragraph  as added by chapter 722 of the laws of 2023, 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
 present,  may  be  given  by mailing the same in writing to [him or her]
 SUCH HOLDER at the address contained  in  [his  or  her]  SUCH  HOLDER'S
 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 holder 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  commissioner  except  where  the
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 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 knowledge of such facts shall have
 the power to secure possession  thereof  and  return  the  same  to  the
 commissioner, and the commissioner may forthwith direct any police offi-
 cer,  bridge  and  tunnel  officer  of  the Triborough bridge and tunnel
 authority, acting pursuant  to  [his  or  her]  SUCH  OFFICER'S  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.
   The commissioner shall provide written notice, in a conspicuous,  bold
 type,  to  all  persons  having four license suspensions or revocations,
 where a fifth license suspension or revocation could result in a  charge
 of  aggravated  unlicensed  operation  in  the  first degree pursuant to
 subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of  section  five
 hundred  eleven of this article, that a fifth such suspension or revoca-
 tion would subject any person charged under such subparagraph (v)  to  a
 class E felony with a definite sentence which may not exceed two years.
   §  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
 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
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 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
 chapter 198 of the laws of 2024, 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[,
 renewal,  or reregistration] shall take effect 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; provided, however, that the amendments
 to paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2261  of  the  vehicle  and
 traffic law made by section twenty-six of this act, shall take effect on
 the same date and in the same manner as chapter 198 of the laws of 2024,
 takes  effect.    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.