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                                   7905
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the vehicle and traffic law,
   the  penal  law, the civil practice law and rules and the lien law, in
   relation to enforcement of toll  collection  regulations  and  license
   plate violations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2985  of  the  public  authorities
 law,  as added by chapter 379 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. A. An imposition of liability pursuant to  this  section  shall  be
 based  upon  a  preponderance of evidence as submitted. An imposition of
 liability pursuant to this section shall not be deemed a  conviction  as
 an  operator  and  shall not be made part of the motor vehicle operating
 record, furnished pursuant to section three hundred  fifty-four  of  the
 vehicle  and  traffic  law,  of  the  person upon whom such liability is
 imposed nor shall it be used for insurance purposes in the provision  of
 motor vehicle insurance coverage.
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO THE
 CONTRARY, AN IMPOSITION OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED  A  CONVICTION AS AN OPERATOR AND SHALL BE MADE PART OF THE MOTOR
 VEHICLE OPERATING RECORD, FURNISHED PURSUANT TO  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY-FOUR  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OF THE PERSON UPON WHOM SUCH
 LIABILITY IS IMPOSED AND SHALL BE USED FOR  INSURANCE  PURPOSES  IN  THE
 PROVISION  OF MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE COVERAGE IF AN OPERATOR HAS UNPAID
 LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FROM A SERIES OF  CONVICTIONS,  NOT
 ARISING  OUT  OF  THE SAME INCIDENT, FOR COVERING OR OBSCURING A LICENSE
 PLATE TWO OR MORE TIMES WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS  IN  VIOLATION  OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (II),  (II-A) OR (III) OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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.