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                                   4527
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 (vii) of paragraph a of subdivision 5-a as added by chapter
 421  of  the  laws  of 2021 and renumbered by chapter 258 of the laws of
 2022, paragraph b of subdivision 5-a as added and paragraph c as  relet-
 tered by chapter 487 of the laws of 1993, and paragraph c of subdivision
 5-a  as added by chapter 164 of the laws of 1970, 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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 business. Provided, however, that renewal of a registration may be  used
 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-
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 ication from a court, parking violations  bureau,  traffic  and  parking
 violations agency or administrative tribunal of appropriate jurisdiction
 that the registrant or his or her 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 eighteen 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 regis-
 trant  or his or her 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 indications 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 opera-
 tion 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 mone-
 tary 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 oper-
 ation  of  photo  speed violation monitoring systems, in accordance with
 article thirty of this chapter, the commissioner or  his  or  her  agent
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 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  appear-
 ance  or answer has been made or in the case of an administrative tribu-
 nal that he or she 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
 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
 subdivision. Such denial shall only remain in  effect  as  long  as  the
 summonses  remain unanswered, or in the case of an administrative tribu-
 nal, 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
 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 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
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 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
 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-
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 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.
   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.
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   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-
 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
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 [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
 was  in charge of the owner or his agent. The provisions of section five
 hundred ten of this chapter shall apply to  such  suspension  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
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 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-
 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 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
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 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 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 vehicle 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-
 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
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 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 makes applica-
 tion  for the registration[, re-registration or renewal thereof] of such
 motor vehicle is domiciled in the city, unless he maintains no permanent
 place of abode in the city, maintains a permanent place of  abode  else-
 where,  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 makes such applica-
 tion, 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 application is made, spent in  the  aggregate  more
 than one hundred and eighty-three days in the city, unless such individ-
 ual 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
 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
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 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 and subparagraph (i) of paragraph b of subdivision 9
 of section 140 of the transportation law,  paragraph  a  as  amended  by
 section  3  of  part III of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, and subpara-
 graph (i) of paragraph b as amended by chapter 9 of the  laws  of  2020,
 are 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
 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
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 that  the operation of such vehicle is in violation of this subdivision,
 shall be guilty of a class E felony.
   (i)  Whenever  an  altered  motor  vehicle  commonly  referred to as a
 "stretch limousine" has failed an inspection and been placed out-of-ser-
 vice, the commissioner may direct a police officer or his or  her  agent
 to  immediately  secure  possession of the number plates of such vehicle
 and return the same to the commissioner of motor vehicles.  The  commis-
 sioner  shall  notify the commissioner of motor vehicles to that effect,
 and the commissioner of  motor  vehicles  shall  thereupon  suspend  the
 registration  of  such vehicle until such time as the commissioner gives
 notice that the out-of-service defect has been satisfactorily  adjusted.
 Provided, however, that the commissioner shall give notice and an oppor-
 tunity  to  be heard within not more than thirty days of the suspension.
 Failure of the holder or of any person possessing such plates to deliver
 to the commissioner or his or her agent who requests the  same  pursuant
 to  this  paragraph  shall  be  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 where it has been
 determined that such registrant's intent has been to evade the  purposes
 of  this  paragraph  and  where  the  commissioner of motor vehicles has
 reasonable grounds to believe that such registration [or  renewal]  will
 have  the effect of defeating the purposes of this paragraph. The proce-
 dure on any such suspension shall be the  same  as  in  the  case  of  a
 suspension  under  the vehicle and traffic law.  Operation of such motor
 vehicle while under suspension as provided  in  this  subdivision  shall
 constitute a class A misdemeanor.
   § 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 option may surrender the regis-
 tration and number plates to any county clerk who is acting as an  agent
 of  the  commissioner pursuant to section two hundred five of this chap-
 ter. Such county clerk may accept a surrender of registration 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 commis-
 sioner. For the purposes of this section the expiration of  a  registra-
 tion  [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
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 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:
   (b)  The  commissioner  may  require the applicant for registration to
 furnish such proof of his or her disability or such proof of  disability
 of such members of his or her family from a physician, physician assist-
 ant  or nurse practitioner, to the extent authorized by law and consist-
 ent 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 subdivision 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  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
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 section four hundred one; schedules A, B, C, E, F, G, I and K of  subdi-
 vision  seven  of  section  four hundred one; paragraph a of subdivision
 eight of section four hundred one; paragraph a of  subdivision  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
 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 agent shall suspend the registration of the vehicle involved in  the
 violation  for a period of ninety days; upon the receipt of such notifi-
 cation of a third or subsequent  conviction  for  a  violation  of  such
 subdivision  all  of  which  were  committed within a period of eighteen
 months, the commissioner or his 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 regis-
 tration  [or renewal] application to any other person for the same vehi-
 cle, 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,  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
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 present, may be given by mailing the same in writing to him  or  her  at
 the address contained in his or her 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 hold-
 er  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 commis-
 sioner  except  where  the  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 know-
 ledge of such facts shall have the power to  secure  possession  thereof
 and return the same to the commissioner, and the commissioner may forth-
 with direct any police officer, bridge and tunnel officer of the Tribor-
 ough  bridge and tunnel authority, acting pursuant to his or her 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.
   §  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
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 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
 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
 section  19  of  part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, 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 will
 commence 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.  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.