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NY Veh & Traf L § 210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 210 - Highway Safety Powers and Duties.

§ 210. Highway  safety  powers  and  duties. The commissioner of motor   vehicles shall have power to:1. Formulate  uniform  highway  safety  programs  and  coordinate  the   efforts   of   all   interested  individuals  and  agencies  engaged  in   safety-education.2.  Conduct  a  highway  safety  and  driver  training   program,   in   conjunction with any interested public or private agencies, as an aid to   the national defense.
NY Veh & Traf L § 211 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 211 - Continuity of Authority.

§ 211. Continuity of authority. The department of motor vehicles shall   be  deemed  to constitute a continuation of the powers and duties of the   bureau of motor vehicles in the department of taxation and  finance  and   not  a new authority for the purpose of succession to the rights, powers   and duties and obligations hereby assigned to the department.
NY Veh & Traf L § 212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 212 - Transfer of Records and Property.

§ 212. Transfer of records and property. All books, papers and records   of  the  bureau  of  motor  vehicles  in  the department of taxation and   finance shall be transmitted to the department of motor vehicles and the   commissioner shall take possession thereof.
NY Veh & Traf L § 213 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 213 - Terms Occurring in Contracts and Other Documents.

§ 213. Terms occurring in contracts and other documents.  Whenever the   bureau  of  motor  vehicles in the department of taxation and finance is   referred to or designated in any contract or document, such reference or   designation shall be deemed to mean and refer to the department of motor   vehicles.
NY Veh & Traf L § 214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 214 - Proof of Mailing of Notice or Order.

§  214.  Proof of mailing of notice or order. The production of a copy   of a notice  or  order  issued  by  the  department,  together  with  an   electronically-generated  record  of  entry of such order or notice upon   the appropriate driver's license or registration file of the  department   and an affidavit by an employee designated by the commissioner as having   responsibility  for  the  issuance of such order or notice issued by the   department setting forth the procedure for the issuance and the  mailing   of  such  notice or order at the address of such person on file with the   department or at the current  address  provided  by  the  United  States   postal  service  shall  be  presumptive  evidence  that  such  notice of   suspension, revocation or order was produced and  mailed  in  accordance   with such procedures. The foregoing procedure shall not preclude the use   of an affidavit of service by mail, a certificate of mailing or proof of   certified  or  registered  mail as proof of mailing of any such order or   notice.
NY Veh & Traf L § 215 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 215 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 215. Rules   and   regulations.  (a)  General.  Subject  to  and  in conformity with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic  law  and  the constitution  and  laws  of the state, the commissioner may enact, amend and repeal rules and regulations which shall regulate  and  control  the exercise  of  the  powers  of  the department and the performance of the duties of officers, agents and other employees thereof.  (b) Vehicle equipment. If the commissioner and  the  attorney  general shall  determine that any provision of this chapter relating to required vehicle  equipment  has  been  preempted  by  a  federal  regulation  or standard,   the  commissioner  may,  in  his  discretion,  promulgate  a regulation governing such item  or  items  of  equipment,  in  a  manner consistent  with  such  federal regulation or standard. Such regulation, when filed with the secretary of state, shall supersede  the  provisions of  this  chapter  relating  to  the  same  item  or items of equipment, provided that such regulation shall only  remain  in  force  and  effect until thirty days after the next adjournment of a regular session of the legislature  provided,  however,  that  the authority to promulgate such regulation shall only be exercised if the federal regulation or standard involved does not take effect at a  time  when  the  legislature  is  in regular  session,  and  the commissioner's regulation is promulgated and takes  effect  prior  to  the  next  ensuing  regular  session  of   the legislature.  (c)   The   commissioner  shall  determine  the  degree  to  which  an identification card issued to veterans by the United  States  department of  veterans  affairs  may  be  used as proof of name and/or age for the purpose of obtaining a driver's  license  or  non-driver  identification card under this chapter.
NY Veh & Traf L § 216 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 216 - Automotive-Medical Research Division.

§ 216 Automotive-medical  research  division.  The  commissioner shall   establish an automotive-medical research division with  such  facilities   and   such  expert  assistants  as  are  necessary  to  do  medical  and   engineering  research  in  the  field  of  motor  vehicle  safety.   The   commissioner shall from time to time make reports and recommendations to   the  governor,  and  the  legislature on the findings and studies of the   agency. The  commissioner  shall  be  empowered  to  contract  with  the   department  of  health  for  medical research necessary to carry out the   purposes of this section, and, subject to the provisions  of  the  state   finance  law,  to  take  and administer for the state any grant, gift or   bequest to be applied, principal or income, or both,  for  the  purposes   specified  in such grant, to the maintenance and operation of a research   program under this section.
NY Veh & Traf L § 216-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 216-A - Statistics on Driving While Intoxicated.

§ 216-a. Statistics on driving while intoxicated.  1. The commissioner   shall  collect and analyze statistical information and data with respect   to: (i) the  number  of  persons  charged  with  violating  any  of  the   provisions   of  section  eleven  hundred  ninety-two  of  this  chapter   prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while under  the  influence   of  alcohol  or  drugs,  or  the  provisions  of  section eleven hundred   ninety-two-a of this  chapter  prohibiting  persons  under  the  age  of   twenty-one from operating a motor vehicle after having consumed alcohol,   or  the  provisions  of  section  forty-nine-b  of  the  navigation  law   prohibiting persons under the age of twenty-one from operating a  vessel   after  having  consumed alcohol; and (ii) the disposition of such charge   and (iii) if a conviction or finding was had thereon,  the  category  of   the  offense  for  which  such conviction or finding was had, whether it   resulted from a plea of guilty or after trial or after a hearing  before   a  hearing  officer  and  the  sentence  thereon;  and  (iv)  such other   information as the commissioner shall deem relevant. Provided,  however,   that  nothing  herein  shall  be  deemed  to  authorize the reporting or   collecting of any information relating to the identity of any person  so   charged, and no such information shall be so reported to or collected by   the  commissioner except for the purposes of assisting courts or hearing   officers in the suspension of licenses pursuant to sections five hundred   ten and five hundred fourteen of  this  chapter  or  the  suspension  of   operating  privileges pursuant to section forty-nine-b of the navigation   law, and no such information may be disseminated except to  such  courts   or hearing officers.2.  The  commissioner  shall  from  time  to  time  make  reports  and   recommendations to the governor  and  the  legislature  based  upon  the   compilation  and  analysis  of the information and data made pursuant to   this section.
NY Veh & Traf L § 217 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 217 - Record of Hearings.

§ 217. Record of hearings. At any hearing held by the commissioner, or   a  person deputized by him to conduct a hearing to determine whether any   license or registration issued pursuant to this chapter or any privilege   of operating or privilege of operation should be suspended or revoked, a   mechanical or electronic recording device may be used for the making  of   a record of the proceedings.
NY Veh & Traf L § 218 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 218 - Special Classification of Vehicles.

§ 218. Special  classification  of vehicles. Notwithstanding any other   provision of this chapter, any vehicle or  class  of  vehicles  may,  by   regulation  of the commissioner, be added to or exempted from any of the   definitions or classifications contained in  this  chapter,  where  such   addition  or  exemption  is deemed, in his discretion, either necessary,   desirable or equitable because of the particular characteristics of such   vehicle or class of vehicles; provided, however, that no  vehicle  which   is  exempted  from  registration by any provision of this chapter may be   reclassified pursuant to this section to require  registration,  and  no   vehicle  which  is  specifically enumerated in schedule F of subdivision   seven of section four hundred one of this chapter  may  be  reclassified   pursuant to this section to require registration at an increased fee.
NY Veh & Traf L § 219 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 219 - Interstate Compacts.

§ 219. Interstate  compacts.  Whenever  any  provision of this chapter   shall provide for or establish a compact or  reciprocal  recognition  of   vehicle  registrations  with  another  state  or states, the governor or   commissioner may enter into a written  agreement  or  compact  with  any   state  authorized  to  be  a  party  to such compact or affected by such   reciprocal provisions, provided that the conditions and  terms  of  such   agreement  or compact are consistent with the provisions of this chapter   pertaining  to  such  compact  or  reciprocal  recognition  of   vehicle   registrations.
NY Veh & Traf L § 220 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 220 - Exemptions for Safety Equipment.

§ 220. Exemptions  for safety equipment. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or other  law,  whether  general,  special  or local,  the commissioner may permit the installation and use of any item of equipment which he, in his discretion, determines will either  reduce accidents,  injuries  and fatalities, or otherwise contribute to highway safety.  (2) Where an exemption  is  granted  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of subdivision   one,   the  commissioner  may,  by  regulation,  establish standards for the manufacture and use of any  equipment  for  which  the exemption is granted.
NY Veh & Traf L § 221 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 221 - Annual Compilation of This Chapter.

§ 221. Annual  compilation  of  this  chapter.  The commissioner shall   cause to be published by the  department,  and  make  available  to  the   public, an annual paperback compilation of all of the provisions of this   chapter.  The  commissioner shall establish a reasonable fee, chargeable   on a per copy basis, sufficient to cover the  cost  of  preparation  and   distribution of such books.
NY Veh & Traf L § 222 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 222 - Exemptions for Testing, Demonstration or Experimentation.

§ 222. Exemptions  for testing, demonstration or experimentation.  The   commissioner, upon application of a person, or upon his own application,   may grant an exemption from any requirement of this chapter relating  to   registration  or  equipment to any designated vehicle for the purpose of   testing, demonstration or experimentation.  Any such exemption shall  be   limited  to  specific  areas  and  times,  and  such exemptions shall be   evidenced by a certificate issued by the commissioner or his  designated   agent, which certificate shall contain a description of the vehicle, the   exemptions  granted,  and  the  areas  and times to which the exemptions   apply. For the purposes  of  this  section,  testing,  demonstration  or   experimentation  shall  be limited to such activities being performed at   the request of, or with the consent of a governmental  agency.  For  the   purposes of articles six, seven and eight of this chapter, a certificate   issued  pursuant  to  this section shall be deemed to be a registration,   and all the provisions of articles six, seven and eight of this  chapter   with  regard  to proof of financial security at the time of registration   and all the penalties found in said articles with respect to the failure   to maintain such financial security shall apply to vehicles for which  a   certificate is issued pursuant to this section.
NY Veh & Traf L § 223-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 223-A - School Bus Motorist Education Program.

* §  223-a.  School  bus  motorist education program. The commissioner   shall, in conjunction with the governor's traffic safety committee,  the   departments  of  education  and  transportation,  the  division of state   police, and the state comprehensive school bus  driver  safety  training   council,  design  and  implement  a  public education program to educate   motorists of the dangers of passing a school bus in violation of section   eleven hundred seventy-four of this chapter, to  reduce  the  number  of   such incidents, and to promote school bus safety.* NB Effective January 1, 2022
NY Veh & Traf L § 224 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 224 - Simplification of Business Application Procedures and Administration.

§ 224. Simplification   of   business   application   procedures   and   administration. 1. For the purposes of reducing the amount of  paperwork   required of businesses which are licensed or registered pursuant to this   chapter,  and  to  provide  for  the  most  efficient  servicing of such   businesses, the  commissioner  shall,  to  the  extent  administratively   feasible,  provide that: (i) applications for licenses or registrations,   or renewals thereof, to be issued pursuant  to  sections  three  hundred   three,  three  hundred  ninety-eight-c,  four  hundred  fifteen and four   hundred fifteen-a of this chapter simultaneously made by the same entity   shall  be  made  on  one  application,  (ii)  all  such   licenses   and   registrations  issued  to the same entity shall expire at the same time,   and (iii) the expiration dates for all licensees and registrants subject   to such sections shall be staggered as effectively as  possible  over  a   two year period.2. The provisions of the sections set forth in subdivision one of this   section  shall  be  construed to achieve the purposes enunciated in that   subdivision.3. Notwithstanding any other provisions  of  this  chapter,  only  one   original  application  fee  shall  be required of the same applicant who   simultaneously makes application for  the  issuance  of  more  than  one   license  or  registration pursuant to section three hundred three, three   hundred ninety-eight-c, four hundred fifteen or four  hundred  fifteen-a   of  this  chapter. Such fee shall be the highest application fee for any   one of the licenses or registrations being applied for.
NY Veh & Traf L § 224-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner 224-A - Establishment of the Highway Construction and Maintenance Safety Education Program.

§  224-a.  Establishment  of  the highway construction and maintenance   safety education program. 1. The commissioner of  transportation,  after   consultation  with  the commissioner of the department, shall promulgate   rules and regulations regarding the establishment and implementation  of   a  highway  construction  and  maintenance safety education program. The   highway construction and maintenance safety education program  shall  be   established  for  the  purpose  of  providing  education,  advocacy  and   increased awareness of laws  pertaining  to  protecting  the  safety  of   highway  construction and maintenance workers. The program shall provide   funding for activities such  as  public  service  announcements,  public   education  and  awareness campaigns, distribution of literature, and any   other activities that are consistent with such purposes.2. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of transportation to  make   a biennial report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate   and the speaker of the assembly which shall be due on the first of April   every  second  year  following  implementation  of the program and shall   include  an  assessment   of   the   effectiveness   of   the   program,   recommendations  for expanding or improving the program and any problems   or other matters related to the administration of the program.
NY Veh & Traf L § 241-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2-B - Adjudication of Parking Infractions 241-B - Muni-Meter Receipts; Affirmative Defense.

§  241-b. Muni-meter receipts; affirmative defense. In any prosecution   or proceeding alleging a muni-meter parking violation, it  shall  be  an   affirmative  defense  to such violation, with the burden of proof on the   person who received the summons, that he or she did in fact  purchase  a   muni-meter  ticket  prior  to  or up to five minutes thereafter from the   issuance of the summons and that the receipt is valid  for  use  at  the   time  and  location where such summons was issued. Such defense shall be   deemed established if such person produces the actual muni-meter receipt   or a copy thereof at such prosecution or proceeding. For the purposes of   this section, "muni-meter" shall mean an electronic parking  meter  that   dispenses timed receipts showing the amount of parking time purchased.
NY Veh & Traf L § 243 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2-B - Adjudication of Parking Infractions 243 - Judicial Review.

§ 243. Judicial  review.  The  order of the appeals board shall be the   final determination  of  the  bureau.  Judicial  review  may  be  sought   pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
NY Veh & Traf L § 244 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 2-B - Adjudication of Parking Infractions 244 - Separability.

§ 244. Separability.   If   any  provision  of  this  article  or  the   application of such provision to any person or  circumstances  shall  be   held  unconstitutional  or invalid, the constitutionality or validity of   the remainder of this article and the applicability of such provision to   other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
NY Veh & Traf L § 252 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 3 - Exemption of Non-Resident Owners and Operators 252 - Exemption of Certain In-Transit Vehicle Registrations.

§ 252. Exemption  of  certain  in-transit  vehicle  registrations. The   provisions of  this  chapter  relative  to  the  registration  of  motor   vehicles  and  motorcycles  and  the  display of number plates shall not   apply to motor vehicles or motorcycles having a temporary in-transit  or   transporter  registration  or permit issued by another state directly to   the purchaser of such motor vehicle or motorcycle,  but  such  exemption   shall  be valid until the expiration date appearing on such registration   or permit or for a period of thirty days from the date  of  issuance  of   such  registration  or  permit,  whichever  is  less, for the purpose of   transporting the vehicle  to  the  jurisdiction  in  which  it  will  be   regularly registered.
NY Veh & Traf L § 254 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 3 - Exemption of Non-Resident Owners and Operators 254 - Service of Summons on Residents Who Depart From State and on Residents' Executors or Administrators Who Are Nonresidents or Who Depart From State.

§ 254. Service  of  summons  on residents who depart from state and on   residents' executors or  administrators  who  are  nonresidents  or  who   depart from state.  The provisions of section two hundred fifty-three of   this  chapter  shall  also  apply (a) to a resident who departs from the   state subsequent  to  the  accident  or  collision  and  remains  absent   therefrom for thirty days continuously, whether such absence is intended   to  be  temporary  or permanent, and to any executor or administrator of   such resident, and (b) to an executor or administrator of a resident  if   such executor or administrator is a nonresident or if, being a resident,   he  departs  from the state and remains absent therefrom for thirty days   continuously, whether such  absence  is  intended  to  be  temporary  or   permanent.
NY Veh & Traf L § 260 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner Article 3-A - Administrative Appeals 260 - Appeals Board; Functions.

§ 260. Appeals  board;  functions. 1. Appeals board. The appeals board   established pursuant  to  article  two-A  of  this  chapter  shall  also   constitute the appeals board for the purposes of this article.2.  Functions.  Each  appeal  filed  pursuant to this article shall be   reviewed by the appeals board, which shall make a determination of  such   appeal,  and  shall  cause  an  appropriate  order  to be entered in the   records of the department.