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                                   3421
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
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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; and
   to repeal article 17-C of the vehicle and traffic law relating to  the
   metropolitan  commuter  transportation district supplemental registra-
   tion 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 Article 17-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.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 THEIR AGENT A SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION
 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
 RECEIVED  PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE DURING THE PRIOR MONTH AS A RESULT OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 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
 or  claim  against the metropolitan transportation authority, any of its
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 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.