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                                    146
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sens. GIANARIS, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, PARK-
   ER, STAVISKY -- 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  surren-
   der  of  number plates of all motor vehicles which a person has regis-
   tered where such person has a suspended or revoked license
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 403-c to read as follows:
   § 403-C. SURRENDER OF REGISTRATION AND NUMBER PLATES. 1.   ANY  PERSON
 WHO  HAS  HAD THEIR LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 TWO OR TWO-A OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TEN OR SUBDIVISION ONE OR THREE  OF
 SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED TEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER FOR CONDUCT RELATING TO THE
 OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE  SHALL  SURRENDER  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  THE
 NUMBER  PLATES  OF  ALL  MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH SUCH PERSON HAS REGISTERED
 PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AND SHALL HAVE ANY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS
 WHICH BELONG TO SUCH PERSON SUSPENDED. SUCH SURRENDER OF  NUMBER  PLATES
 AND  VEHICLE SUSPENSION OR SUSPENSIONS SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT AS LONG AS
 THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH DRIVER'S LICENSE.
   2. ALL MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED TO SUCH PERSON SHALL  NOT  BE  REGIS-
 TERED  OR  REREGISTERED IN THE NAME OF SUCH PERSON, OR IN ANY OTHER NAME
 WHERE THE COMMISSIONER HAS  REASONABLE  GROUNDS  TO  BELIEVE  THAT  SUCH
 REGISTRATION  OR  REREGISTRATION  WILL  HAVE THE EFFECT OF DEFEATING THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AND NO OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL BE REGISTERED
 IN THE NAME OF SUCH PERSON DURING THE PERIOD OF SUCH SUSPENSION.
   3. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
 TWENTY-EIGHT  OF  THIS  TITLE, REFUNDS OF FEES ASSESSED PURSUANT TO THIS
 ARTICLE AND ARTICLE FOURTEEN-A OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT BE PROVIDED  WHEN
 SUSPENSION IS MANDATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   4. A. THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT SHALL NOTI-
 FY EACH PERSON WHOSE LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR REVOKED OF HIS OR HER
 OBLIGATION  TO  SURRENDER  THE NUMBER PLATES OF ANY MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH
 SUCH PERSON HAS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AND OF THE  SUSPEN-
 SION OF ANY VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS IN HIS OR HER NAME.
   B.  SUCH NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON WHOSE
 LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, THE VEHICLE  REGISTRATION  NUMBER
 OR  NUMBERS  WHICH  ARE  SUSPENDED,  THE NUMBER PLATES OF THE VEHICLE OR
 VEHICLES WHICH MUST BE SURRENDERED, THE INFRACTION, INFRACTIONS, OFFENSE
 AND/OR OFFENSES FOR WHICH  THE  REGISTRATION  IS  SUSPENDED  AND  NUMBER
 PLATES  MUST  BE SURRENDERED, AND THE DATES AND TIMES OF THE CONVICTIONS
 FOR SUCH INFRACTIONS AND/OR OFFENSES.
   C. THE NOTICE SHALL ALSO CONTAIN A WARNING ADVISING THE PERSON OF  THE
 CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO SURRENDER NUMBER PLATES.
   D.  THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PROVIDED BY FIRST
 CLASS MAIL TO THE REGISTRANT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS  OF
 THE LICENSE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
   E.  SUCH  PERSON SHALL SURRENDER ANY NUMBER PLATES FOR ANY VEHICLE FOR
 WHICH THE PERSON IS THE REGISTRANT WITHIN  FOURTEEN  DAYS  OF  RECEIVING
 NOTICE  FROM  THE  DEPARTMENT.  FAILURE  TO SURRENDER NUMBER PLATES UPON
 NOTICE SHALL CONSTITUTE AN INFRACTION, PUNISHABLE UPON CONVICTION  BY  A
 FINE  NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS OR BOTH SUCH FINE
 AND IMPRISONMENT.
   5. A WAIVER OF THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS  ONE  AND  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH ARE JOINTLY USED BY
 SPOUSES OR OTHER IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS IF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  SUCH
 SUBDIVISION WOULD RESULT IN AN EXTREME HARDSHIP FOR THE SPOUSE OR FAMILY
 MEMBER  WHOSE LICENSE HAS NOT BEEN SUSPENDED OR REVOKED.  TO BE ELIGIBLE
 FOR AN EXTREME HARDSHIP EXCEPTION, A DULY LICENSED SPOUSE  OR  IMMEDIATE
 FAMILY  MEMBER  MUST FURNISH PROOF ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS
 OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT THAT HE OR SHE JOINTLY USES A MOTOR VEHICLE
 WHOSE REGISTRATION AND NUMBER  PLATES  WOULD  OTHERWISE  BE  SUBJECT  TO
 SUSPENSION  OR  SURRENDER  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE OR TWO OF THIS
 SECTION. ACCEPTABLE PROOF SHALL INCLUDE WITHOUT LIMITATION THE SPOUSE OR
 IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER BEING NAMED IN A POLICY OF  LIABILITY  INSURANCE
 FOR  THE  MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER BEFORE
 THE DATE OF CONVICTION, AND ANY ADDITIONAL FACTORS THAT THE COMMISSIONER
 OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT DEEMS NECESSARY TO  ESTABLISH  JOINT
 USE.  THE  COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT SHALL DETER-
 MINE WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIES  AS  AN  IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBER,
 PROVIDED  THAT SUCH DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS SHALL INCLUDE
 WITHOUT LIMITATION DOMESTIC PARTNERS AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR  OF  THE
 WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW AND ANY CHILDREN OF THE REGISTRANT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.