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SECTION 330
Commissioner to administer article; may require proof; court review
Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 3, ARTICLE 7
§ 330. Commissioner to administer article; may require proof; court
review. (a) The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions
of this article.

(b) The commissioner is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such
regulations as may be necessary for the administration of this article.

(c) Upon any reasonable ground, appearing on the records of the
bureau, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the operator's or
chauffeur's license of any person and may suspend or revoke any and all
of the registration certificates or registration plates for any motor
vehicle and may refuse to issue to any such person any new or renewal
license or to register in the name of such person any motor vehicle
unless and until such person gives proof of his financial responsibility
in the future as hereinafter provided in this article.

Any person furnishing proof of financial responsibility pursuant to
this subdivision may be relieved from continuing to furnish such proof
in the discretion of the commissioner provided three years have elapsed
since such proof was first furnished during which period such person has
not been convicted of, or forfeited bail given on being charged with,
any of the offenses specified in subdivision two of section five hundred
ten of this chapter and no charges of any of such offenses are pending
against such person. The affidavit of such person shall be accepted as
proof of the facts therein stated, in the absence of evidence to the
contrary before the commissioner.

(d) Any person aggrieved by an order or act of the commissioner under
this section or under provisions of this article, may maintain a
proceeding under article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and
rules to review, but the commencement of such a proceeding shall not
suspend the order or act unless a stay thereof shall be allowed by said
court pending final determination of the review.

(e) The provisions of subdivision seven of section five hundred ten of
this chapter shall apply to a suspension under this article.