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                                   5398
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in relation to the
   collection of supplemental vehicle registration, learners permits  and
   drivers  license  fees for New York City registrants and operators; to
   amend the state finance law, in relation to the metropolitan transpor-
   tation authority financial assistance fund; and to repeal article 17-C
   of the vehicle and traffic law relating to the  metropolitan  commuter
   transportation district supplemental registration fee
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 17-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24. COLLECTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEE FOR NEW YORK CITY  REGISTRANTS.  A.
 ALL  REGISTRANTS  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES WHO RESIDE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 SHALL PAY TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER AGENT A SUPPLEMENTAL  REGIS-
 TRATION FEE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM FOR EACH YEAR OR PORTION OF
 A  YEAR  THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS VALID UPON REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION FEES PURSUANT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING
 PROVISIONS: PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION; SCHEDULES A,
 B, C, E, F, G, I AND K OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION; PARAGRAPH A
 OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS SECTION; PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF
 SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  TEN  OF  THIS  TITLE;  AND  SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 ELEVEN-B OF THIS TITLE.
   B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEPOSIT DAILY ALL  FUNDS  DERIVED  FROM  THE
 COLLECTION  OF  THE SUPPLEMENTAL FEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION WITH SUCH RESPONSIBLE BANKS, BANKING HOUSES OR TRUST
 COMPANIES AS MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER, TO  THE  CREDIT
 OF  THE  COMPTROLLER.  ON  OR  BEFORE THE TWELFTH DAY OF EACH MONTH, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY TO THE COMPTROLLER THE AMOUNT OF ALL REVENUES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE DURING THE PRIOR MONTH AS A RESULT  OF
 THE SUPPLEMENTAL FEE IMPOSED, INCLUDING ANY INTEREST AND PENALTIES THER-
 EON.  THE  REVENUES  SO  CERTIFIED SHALL BE DEPOSITED BY THE STATE COMP-
 TROLLER  IN  THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AID TRUST ACCOUNT
 OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  FUND
 ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO SECTION NINETY-TWO-FF OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW
 FOR DEPOSIT, SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION, IN THE  CORPORATE  TRANSPORTATION
 ACCOUNT  OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
 FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION  TWELVE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-A  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES  LAW, TO BE APPLIED AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION FOUR OF SUCH SECTION. ANY MONEY COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION
 THAT  IS DEPOSITED BY THE COMPTROLLER IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
 AUTHORITY AID TRUST ACCOUNT OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUND SHALL BE HELD IN SUCH FUND FREE AND  CLEAR  OF
 ANY  CLAIM  BY ANY PERSON OR ENTITY PAYING AN ADDITIONAL FEE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE  FOREGO-
 ING, ANY RIGHT OR CLAIM AGAINST THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORI-
 TY, ANY OF ITS BONDHOLDERS, OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR AFFILIATE OF THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
   §  3.  Paragraph  (b-1) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (b-1) Supplemental learner permit/license  fee  in  the  [metropolitan
 commuter transportation district] CITY OF NEW YORK.  (i) Upon passage of
 the  knowledge  test required to obtain a learner's permit, an applicant
 for a driver's license who resides in the [metropolitan commuter  trans-
 portation  district]  CITY OF NEW YORK established by section [one thou-
 sand two hundred sixty-two]  TWELVE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-TWO  of  the  public
 authorities  law  shall  be  required  to  pay a supplemental fee of one
 dollar for each six months or portion thereof of the period of  validity
 of  a  learner's permit or license which is or may be issued pursuant to
 the provisions of subparagraph (i) or (ii)  of  paragraph  (b)  of  this
 subdivision.
   (ii) The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds collected pursuant
 to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph with such responsible banks, bank-
 ing  houses  or  trust companies as may be designated by the state comp-
 troller, in trust for the  credit  of  the  metropolitan  transportation
 authority.  An account may be established in one or more of such deposi-
 tories. Such deposits shall be kept separate and apart  from  all  other
 money in the possession of the comptroller. On or before the twelfth day
 of  each  month,  the  commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the
 amount of all revenues received pursuant to  subparagraph  (i)  of  this
 paragraph  during  the  prior  month as a result of the supplemental fee
 imposed, including any interest and penalties thereon.  The revenues  so
 certified over the prior three months in total shall be paid over by the
 fifteenth  day  of  the  last  month  of each calendar quarter from such
 account,  without  appropriation,  into  the  corporate   transportation
 account  of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance
 fund established by section  twelve  hundred  seventy-a  of  the  public
 authorities  law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of subdivi-
 sion four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this  section
 that  is  deposited  by  the comptroller in the corporate transportation
 account of the metropolitan transportation authority special  assistance
 fund  shall  be  held  in  such  fund free and clear of any claim by any
 person or entity paying an additional  fee  pursuant  to  this  section,
 including,  without  limiting the generality of the foregoing, any right
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 or claim against the metropolitan transportation authority, any  of  its
 bondholders,  or  any subsidiary or affiliate of the metropolitan trans-
 portation authority.
   §  4.  Paragraph  (c-3) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (c-3) (i) Supplemental  renewal  fee  in  the  [metropolitan  commuter
 transportation  district]  CITY  OF  NEW YORK.   In addition to the fees
 required to be paid pursuant to paragraph (c)  of  this  subdivision,  a
 supplemental fee of one dollar for each six months or portion thereof of
 the  validity of the license shall be paid for renewal of a license of a
 person  who  resides  in  the  [metropolitan   commuter   transportation
 district]  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  established by section [one thousand two
 hundred sixty-two] TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO of  the  public  authorities
 law issued by the commissioner.
   (ii) The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds collected pursuant
 to  this  paragraph with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust
 companies as may be designated by the state comptroller,  in  trust  for
 the  credit of the metropolitan transportation authority. An account may
 be established in one or more of such depositories. Such deposits  shall
 be kept separate and apart from all other money in the possession of the
 comptroller. On or before the twelfth day of each month, the commission-
 er  shall certify to the comptroller the amount of all revenues received
 pursuant to this paragraph during the prior month as  a  result  of  the
 supplemental fees imposed, including any interest and penalties thereon.
 The  revenues so certified over the prior three months in total shall be
 paid over by the fifteenth day of the last month of each calendar  quar-
 ter  from such account, without appropriation, into the corporate trans-
 portation account of the metropolitan transportation  authority  special
 assistance  fund  established by section twelve hundred seventy-a of the
 public authorities law, to be applied as provided in  paragraph  (e)  of
 subdivision  four  of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this
 section that is deposited by the comptroller in the corporate  transpor-
 tation  account  of  the  metropolitan  transportation authority special
 assistance fund shall be held in such fund free and clear of  any  claim
 by  any  person  or  entity  paying  an  additional fee pursuant to this
 section, including, without limiting the generality  of  the  foregoing,
 any  right  or  claim against the metropolitan transportation authority,
 any of its bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the  metropol-
 itan transportation authority.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.