NY Veh & Traf L § 401 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 4 - Registration of Vehicles Article 14 - Registration of Motor Vehicles 401 - Registration of Motor Vehicles; Fees; Renewals.

§ 401. Registration of motor vehicles; fees; renewals. 1. Registration by  owners.  a.  No  motor  vehicle shall be operated or driven upon the public  highways  of  this  state  without  first  being  registered  in accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this article, except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.   b. Every owner of a motor vehicle which shall be  operated  or  driven upon  the  public  highways  of  this  state  shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, cause to be presented, by mail or otherwise, to  the office  or  a  branch office of the commissioner, or to any agent of the commissioner, constituted as provided in this  chapter,  an  application for  registration  addressed  to  the commissioner, and on a blank to be prepared under the direction of and furnished by  the  commissioner  for that  purpose,  containing: (a) a brief description of the motor vehicle to be registered, including the name and factory number of such vehicle, and such other facts as the commissioner shall require; (b)  the  weight of  the  vehicle  upon which the registration fee is based if the fee is based on weight; (c) the name and residence,  including  county  of  the owner of such motor vehicle; (d) provided that, if such motor vehicle is used  or  to be used as an omnibus, the applicant also shall so certify, and in the case of an omnibus also certify as to the  seating  capacity, and  if  the  omnibus  is  to  be  operated wholly within a municipality pursuant to a franchise other than a franchise  express  or  implied  in articles  of  incorporation  upon  certain  streets  designated  in such franchise, those facts shall also be certified, and a certified copy  of such  franchise  furnished  to  the commissioner; (e) provided, that, if such motor vehicle is an altered livery, the applicant shall so  furnish a  certified  copy  of  the  length of the center panel of such vehicle, provided, however, that the commissioner shall require such proof, as he may determine is necessary, in  the  application  for  registration  and provided  further,  if  the  center  panel  of  such vehicle exceeds one hundred inches, the commissioner shall require proof that  such  vehicle is  in  compliance  with  all applicable federal and state motor vehicle safety standards; and (f) such  additional  facts  or  evidence  as  the commissioner   may  require  in  connection  with  the  application  for registration. Every owner of a trailer shall also make  application  for the   registration   thereof  in  the  manner  herein  provided  for  an application to register a motor vehicle, but shall contain  a  statement showing  the  manufacturer's number or other identification satisfactory to the commissioner and no number plate for a trailer issued  under  the provisions  of  subdivision  three  of  section four hundred two of this chapter shall be transferred to or used upon any other trailer than  the one  for  which  number  plate is issued. The commissioner shall require proof, in the  application  for  registration,  or  otherwise,  as  such commissioner   may   determine,   that   the  motor  vehicle  for  which registration is applied for is equipped with lights  conforming  in  all respects to the requirements of this chapter, and no motor vehicle shall be  registered  unless  it  shall  appear by such proofs that such motor vehicle  is  equipped  with  proper  lights  as  aforesaid.   The   said application  shall  contain  or  be  accompanied by such evidence of the ownership of the motor vehicle described in the application  as  may  be required by the commissioner or his agent and which, with respect to new vehicles,  shall  include, unless otherwise specifically provided by the commissioner,  the  manufacturer's  statement  of  origin.  Applications received  by  an  agent  of  the  commissioner shall be forwarded to the commissioner  as  he  shall  direct  for  filing.  No  application   for registration  shall be accepted unless the applicant is at least sixteen years of age.    2. Registration record. Upon the receipt of a  sufficient  application for  registration  of  a  motor  vehicle or trailer, as provided in this article, the commissioner, or the agent  receiving  it,  shall  register such  motor vehicle or trailer and maintain a record of the registration of  such  vehicle  under  the  distinctive number assigned to such motor vehicle or trailer as provided in this section, and the  information  in such  record  may  be  obtained  upon  payment  of the fees specified in section two hundred two of this chapter.   3. Certificates of registration. a. Upon filing  of  such  application and  the payment of the fee hereinafter provided, the commissioner shall assign to such motor vehicle a distinctive number and,  without  expense to  the  applicant, issue and deliver in such manner as the commissioner may select to the owner a certificate of registration, in such  form  as the  commissioner  shall  prescribe,  and  two  number plates at a place within the state of New York named  by  the  applicant  in  his  or  her application. A number plate, within the meaning of this chapter, may, in the  discretion  of  the commissioner, be a plate of a permanent nature, treated  with  reflectorized  material   according   to   specifications prescribed  by  the  commissioner,  and with a date tag attached to such plate or to the vehicle as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner indicating the validity of the plate during a  certain  period  and  the issuance  of  such  a  number  plate  with  such  date  tag  to a person possessing such a number plate shall be deemed the issuance of a  number plate.  An  additional  fee, not to exceed twenty-five dollars, shall be paid to the commissioner whenever a set of reflectorized  number  plates is  issued  for  any  vehicle  for  which a registration fee is normally charged  except  that,  with  respect  to  any  number  plate  which  is specifically  requested  by the applicant, such fee shall be paid to the commissioner upon approval of such request. In the event  of  the  loss, mutilation or destruction of any certificate of registration, any number plate  or  set  of  number  plates whether with or without a date tag or tags, or any date tag or set of date tags provided for in this  article, the  owner  of  a  registered  motor vehicle may file such statement and proof of the facts as the commissioner shall  require,  with  a  fee  of three  dollars,  in the office of the commissioner, or, unless and until the commissioner shall otherwise direct, in the office of the agent  who issued  the certificate, plate, plates, tag or tags and the commissioner or his or her agent, as the case may be,  shall  issue  a  duplicate  or substitute. It shall be the duty of every owner holding a certificate of registration  to  notify  the  commissioner  in writing of any change of residence of such person within ten days after such change  occurs,  and to   inscribe  on  such  certificate,  in  the  place  provided  by  the commissioner, a record of such change of residence.   b. During a registration period the commissioner may, upon application by the owner of a registered motor vehicle and upon payment of a fee  of three  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents,  change the distinctive number assigned to such motor vehicle and issue a  new  set  of  number  plates provided  the  original  registration and number plates are surrendered. Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this   section,   the difference  collected  between the fees set forth in this subdivision in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the fees  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.   c. The  commissioner  may  waive  the  payment  of  fees  required  by paragraph  a  of  this subdivision if the applicant is a victim of crime and the certificate of registration or number plates applied for  are  a replacement  for  those  that  were lost or destroyed as a result of the crime.    d. In processing any application for  a  certificate  of  registration pursuant  to  this  article  or  to  title  eleven  of this chapter, the commissioner shall provide the applicant  with  informational  materials describing  the  lead-acid  battery  management,  return  and collection requirements set forth in title seventeen of article twenty-seven of the environmental  conservation  law, and the used oil management, recycling and disposal requirements set forth in  title  twenty-three  of  article twenty-three  of  the environmental conservation law. Such informational materials shall be distributed at the first opportunity and periodically thereafter.   4. Carrying certificate of registration. Any magistrate, motor vehicle inspector, peace officer, acting pursuant  to  his  special  duties,  or police  officer  may  request  that  the  operator  of any motor vehicle produce for inspection the certificate of registration for such  vehicle and  such  operator  shall  furnish to such magistrate, inspector, peace officer  or  police  officer   any   information   necessary   for   the identification  of  such  vehicle  and  its  owner,  and all information required concerning his license to operate, if he is required by law  to have  such  a  license,  and  shall,  if  required, sign his name in the presence of such magistrate, inspector, peace officer or police  officer as  a  further means of identification. The production of a license to a magistrate, inspector, peace officer or police officer  shall  be  prima facie evidence in a prosecution for a violation of any provision of this chapter,  other  than  section three hundred ninety-two of this chapter, that the person who so produced the license is the person identified  on such  license.  Provided,  however,  that  a  photostatic  copy  of  the certificate of registration may be produced  in  lieu  of  the  original certificate.  If  a  vehicle  does not have affixed a validating sticker which indicates the plate number, the vehicle identification number  and the  expiration  date  of  the  registration, the failure to produce the certificate of registration, or a photostatic copy of such  certificate, shall  be  presumptive  evidence of operating a motor vehicle or trailer which is not registered as required by this article.   5. Times for 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 holiday, 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 business. Provided, however, that renewal of  a  registration  may  be  used  preceding  the expiration  date  of  such  registration including such expiration date. Provided,  further,  however,  that  where   the   required   proof   of registration  consists  of an expired registration for the same vehicle, 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 commissioner  on or before the expiration date of such registration, the commissioner may in his discretion deem such application to be a renewal of the expired registration and require  that  the  fee  paid  for  such registration  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 commissioner 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 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 for a period of not less than two  years.  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 registration 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 certification  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 registrant 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  operation  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 subdivision (b), (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 within a highway construction  or  maintenance  work  area  through  the installation and operation of photo speed violation  monitoring  systems,  in  accordance with  article  thirty  of  this  chapter, the commissioner or his or her agent 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   appearance   or  answer  has  been  made  or  in  the  case  of  an administrative tribunal 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 tribunal,  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.   * NB There are 2 par a's   * a. (i) If at the time of application for a registration  or  renewal thereof  there  is  a  certification  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 registrant  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 operation of school  bus  photo  violation  monitoring  systems,  in accordance with article twenty-nine of this chapter, the commissioner or his  or  her  agent  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 appearance or answer has been made or in the case of  an administrative  tribunal  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 tribunal, 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.   * NB There are 2 par a's   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 administrative 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 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.   6.  Registration  fees.    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 registration under this paragraph.   b.  The  provisions  of  this  article  with respect to the payment of registration fees shall not apply  to  ambulances  used  exclusively  to carry  sick or injured persons, other than those used in the business of carrying or transporting sick or injured persons for hire or profit,  or to motor vehicles which are especially constructed and equipped to carry lost,  strayed, sick, maimed or disabled animals, and owned and operated for that purpose by a duly incorporated society,  incorporated  for  the purpose  of preventing cruelty to animals, or to motor vehicles owned or controlled by the state, a city, county, village, town, school district,  or fire district or any of the departments thereof or  county  extension service  association  or  public  improvement  district formed under and pursuant to provisions of the town  law,  or  sanitary  district  formed pursuant  to  the provisions of chapter five hundred sixteen of the laws of nineteen hundred  twenty-eight,  as  amended,  or  soil  conservation districts  formed  pursuant  to  the provisions of the soil conservation districts law, or  to  motor  vehicles  owned  by  professional  foreign consuls-general,  consuls  and  vice  consuls,  who are nationals of the state appointing them and who are assigned to foreign consulates in  the state of New York, provided that American professional consular officers of  equal  rank  who  are citizens of the United States and who exercise their official functions at American consulates in such foreign country, are granted  reciprocal  exemption,  or  to  motor  vehicles  owned  and operated  by  the  American  Red  Cross,  but in other respects shall be applicable.   b-1. The provisions of this article with respect  to  the  payment  of registration  fees  shall  not apply to (i) fire vehicles, as defined in section one hundred fifteen-a of this chapter, owned or controlled by  a fire company, as defined in section three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, or to (ii) emergency ambulance service vehicles, as defined in section one hundred fifteen-c of this chapter, owned or controlled by an  ambulance  company,  as  defined  in  section three of the volunteer ambulance workers' benefit law. Upon the filing  of  an  application  in such form and detail as the commissioner may prescribe, the commissioner shall issue plates for such vehicles in the same manner as plates issued to  vehicles owned or controlled by fire districts pursuant to paragraph b of this subdivision.   c. The provisions of this subdivision with respect to the  payment  of registration  fees shall not apply to a passenger or suburban type motor vehicle or the provisions of subdivision  seven  of  this  section  with respect to the payment of registration fees shall additionally not apply to any auto truck or light delivery car having a maximum gross weight of less  than  sixty-five  hundred  pounds  which  is  used exclusively for passengers and owned by any disabled veteran of the armed forces of  the United  States who has obtained such motor vehicle under and pursuant to the  provisions  of  public  law   number   six   hundred   sixty-three, seventy-ninth   congress,   and   public   law   number   seven  hundred ninety-eight, eighty-first congress and public law  number  one  hundred eighty-seven,  eighty-second  congress  or  any comparable motor vehicle which is bought or acquired to replace such original motor vehicle owned by such disabled veteran.   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 subdivision  (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.    e.  A.  In  addition  to any other fee for registration required to be paid pursuant to this article, the commissioner may require the  payment of  an  annual  service charge of six dollars and twenty-five cents upon the issuance  of  a  radio  operator  number  plate  which  he,  in  his discretion,  is  hereby  authorized to do as provided by this paragraph. Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this   section,   the difference  collected  between  the  registration fees set forth in this paragraph in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine  and the  registration  fees  set  forth in this paragraph in effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway  and bridge trust fund.   B. A number plate issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be issued in the  same  manner  as  other  number  plates are issued pursuant to this article to persons making application therefor. Such plate shall contain not more than eight letters, numerals or any combination  thereof  which are  the  permanent  radio  call  letters  assigned  to an amateur radio operator by the federal communications  commission.  The  provisions  of this  paragraph  shall  not apply to any number plate reserved or issued pursuant to any other provision of this article.   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 providing for the collection of such tax by the commissioner and  enters into the required agreement relating thereto.   7.  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, commonly 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, notwithstanding 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 annual 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.   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 computing 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 omnibuses 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 operated  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.   B. Schedule for tractors, auto trucks and light delivery cars.   1. For each auto truck or light delivery car, the annual fee of  three dollars  and  sixty  cents  for  each  five hundred pounds maximum gross weight or fraction thereof, except that the annual fee  for  such  motor vehicle  operated  entirely  by  electricity  not generated by an engine contained therein shall be five dollars and thirty-nine cents  for  each five  hundred  pounds  maximum  gross weight or fraction thereof, but in  computing the weight of such an electric vehicle the weight of  electric batteries shall be excluded and except also that the annual fee for each auto  truck having a maximum gross weight in excess of eighteen thousand pounds  used  exclusively  in  the transportation of household goods (as defined by the commissioner of  transportation  of  this  state  or  the interstate  commerce  commission)  by  a  carrier under authority of the commissioner of transportation  of  this  state  or  of  the  interstate commerce  commission  shall  be  nine dollars and seventy cents for each five hundred pounds maximum gross weight or fraction  thereof.  Provided however, that no motor vehicle registered pursuant to this paragraph may be  charged  a  registration  fee  in excess of that charged for a motor vehicle registered with  a  maximum  gross  weight  of  eighty  thousand pounds.   2.  For  each  tractor  of any weight the annual fee of one dollar and fifty-one cents for each one hundred pounds, or major fraction  thereof, of  maximum gross weight, except that the annual fee for each tractor of any weight used exclusively in the transportation of household goods (as defined by the commissioner of  transportation  of  this  state  or  the interstate  commerce  commission)  by  a  carrier under authority of the commissioner of transportation  of  this  state  or  of  the  interstate commerce  commission shall be two dollars and sixteen cents for each one hundred pounds, or major fraction  thereof,  of  maximum  gross  weight. Provided  however,  that  no  motor  vehicle registered pursuant to this paragraph may be charged a registration fee in excess  of  that  charged for  a  motor  vehicle  registered with a maximum gross weight of eighty thousand pounds.   3. For the purpose of this schedule, maximum gross weight of  an  auto truck  or  light delivery car shall mean the weight of the motor vehicle plus the weight of the maximum load to be carried by such motor  vehicle during  the  registration  period.  For  the  purposes of this schedule, maximum gross weight of a tractor shall be the weight  of  the  tractor, plus  the  unladen  weight  of  any  semitrailer drawn thereby, plus the weight of the maximum load to be carried  on  the  tractor  and  on  any semitrailer  drawn  by  such tractor during the registration period, but shall not include the weight or load  of  a  semitrailer,  used  with  a device  for  converting  it  to a trailer, when being drawn by a tractor semitrailer combination on the New York  state  thruway  as  part  of  a double  tandem  combination.  The  weight  of the motor vehicle and such maximum load as stated on the  application  for  registration  shall  be subject to audit and approval by the commissioner of motor vehicles.   C.  Schedule  for  taxicabs  and livery. 1. For each taxicab or livery having a seating capacity for passengers, excluding the driver, of  five persons  or  less,  the annual fee of thirty-one dollars and sixty-three cents. For each such vehicle having a seating capacity  for  passengers, excluding  the driver, of not less than six persons, nor more than seven persons, the annual fee of fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. For each such vehicle having a seating capacity  for  passengers,  excluding the  driver,  of  at least eight persons, but not more than ten persons, the annual fee of sixty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents. For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers, excluding the  driver, of  at  least  eleven  persons,  but not more than fourteen persons, the annual fee of ninety-two dollars. Any registration  issued  pursuant  to this  schedule  shall  be  revoked upon receipt by the commissioner of a notice of revocation of any license or permit necessary for the issuance of such registration from the local authority which issued such  license or  permit,  or  upon  receipt  of evidence by the commissioner that the registrant has been convicted of a violation of any local law  requiring the  issuance  of  a  license  or  permit in order to engage in for-hire  operation. Provided, however, that upon surrender to the commissioner of any such revoked registration and number plates and upon payment of  the proper  registration  fee,  a registration may be issued for the vehicle for  which such registration has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of subdivision six of this section.   2. For purposes of this schedule, the term "livery" shall also include a motor vehicle with a driver having a seating capacity of at least nine but not more than fourteen passengers used to carry passengers for  hire in   a   commuter  van  service  under  an  authorization  issued  by  a municipality.   D. Schedule for hearses, and certain ambulances. 1. For  each  hearse, the  annual fee of one dollar and twenty-four cents for each one hundred pounds, or major fraction thereof, of unladen weight.   2. For each ambulance used in the business of carrying or transporting sick or injured persons for hire or profit, the annual fee of one dollar and twenty-four cents for each one  hundred  pounds  or  major  fraction thereof, of unladen weight.   E.  Schedule for agricultural trucks and agricultural trailers. 1. For each agricultural truck and agricultural trailer, the annual fee of  two dollars  and  fifty-one cents for each five hundred pounds maximum gross weight, or fraction thereof.   2. For the purposes of this schedule an "agricultural truck" shall  be a  truck  and  an  agricultural trailer shall be a trailer, other than a coach or house trailer or semitrailer, owned  by  a  person  engaged  in production  by  means of (a) the planting, cultivation and harvesting of agricultural,  vegetable  and  food  products  of  the  soil,  including horticultural  specialties  such  as  nursery  stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees and flowers, (b) the raising, feeding and care of  live stock,  bees  and  poultry or (c) dairy farming. Such agricultural truck and agricultural trailer shall be used only for  the  transportation  of his  own  agricultural  or dairy commodities or supplies or for personal passenger use, or use in conjunction with lumbering operations connected with but only incidental to the operation of a farm.   3. A motor vehicle registered as an "agricultural  truck"  under  this schedule  and  a  trailer  registered as an "agricultural trailer" under this schedule shall be operated on the  public  highways  only  for  the purposes set forth in paragraph two hereof.   4. An agricultural truck and an agricultural trailer may be registered or  reregistered  for  periods  of  less  than  one  calendar  year upon application forms furnished by the commissioner for  such  purpose,  and the   annual  fees  as  provided  in  this  schedule  shall  be  reduced proportionately on a monthly computation basis.   F. Schedule for certain motor vehicles.  (a)  For  each  road  roller, tractor  crane,  truck  crane, power shovel, road building machine, snow plow, road sweeper, sand spreader, well  driller,  well  servicing  rig, feed processing machine, mobile car crusher (whether self-propelled or a combination used exclusively as one unit), earth mover, which shall mean a  motor-driven  vehicle  in excess of eight feet in width equipped with pneumatic tires designed and  constructed  for  moving  or  transporting earth and rock in connection with excavation and grading work, and truck with  small wheels used in a factory, warehouse or railroad station, for each spreader or sprayer (generally meaning an agricultural vehicle used to spread or spray  agricultural  chemicals,  agricultural  lime  and/or agricultural  fertilizers)  and fire vehicles, an annual fee of fourteen dollars and thirty-eight cents; provided, however, that  the  provisions of  paragraph  b  of  subdivision  six  of  this section relating to the exemption of certain motor vehicles from  the  payment  of  registration fees  thereon  shall  apply  to  the  motor  vehicles  specified in this  schedule. A tractor-trailer combination designed  and  used  as  a  unit exclusively  for  the same purpose as a vehicle specifically included in this schedule shall be considered as a single vehicle and registered  as a motor vehicle under this schedule rather than as a tractor and trailer separately.  (b)  As  used in this schedule, the term "snow plow" shall not include farm type tractors used exclusively for agricultural  purposes,  or  for snow  plowing  other  than  for  hire, as defined in section one hundred twenty-five of this chapter, when used for  plowing  or  removing  snow, provided such plowing or snow removal is not done for hire.   No  person  shall  operate or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be operated or moved on any public highway in this state  any  auto  truck, agricultural  truck  or  light  delivery  car, registered in this state, having a combined weight of vehicle and load in excess  of  the  maximum gross  weight  for  such  vehicle  as  stated  on  the  application  for registration. Such maximum gross weight cannot be more than  the  weight permitted under section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter or the weight  permitted  by  the  rules  or  regulations  of the department of transportation of any city not wholly  included  within  one  county  or under  permits  that  may  be  issued pursuant to such section, rules or regulations whichever is the least restrictive.   G. Schedule for historical motor  vehicles.  For  each  motor  vehicle which  is  owned and operated as an exhibition piece or collectors item, and is used  for  participation  in  club  activities,  exhibit,  tours, parades,  occasional  transportation  and similar uses, but not used for general daily transportation, an annual fee of twenty-eight dollars  and seventy-five  cents.  For purposes of this paragraph, a historical motor vehicle shall mean any vehicle manufactured more than twenty-five  years prior  to  the current calendar year, and any other model, year and type vehicle which has unique characteristics and which is determined by  the commissioner   to   be  of  historical,  classic  or  exhibition  value. Registration plates for such vehicles shall be  of  a  type  and  design approved  by  the  commissioner,  but  shall be of a distinctive nature. Except that, with the approval of the commissioner, an owner of any such vehicle may utilize registration plates issued in the year corresponding to the model year date in which the vehicle  was  manufactured,  if  the registration  plate is legible, durable, and serviceable, of this state, and accurate in color, as determined by the department. Nothing in  this paragraph  shall  be  construed to prohibit the use of previously issued registration plates that have  been  restored,  without  deviation  from their  original  alphanumeric or pictorial content, to such condition as otherwise satisfies all applicable requirements. Such  plates  shall  be used  only  for  the  operation  of  the  motor  vehicle  listed  on the registration application and on other motor vehicles which would qualify for registration under this schedule owned by  persons  other  than  the registrant  for  the purpose of test driving by the registrant or his or her agent in anticipation of possible  purchase.  No  such  registration will  be  issued  unless  evidence  of  financial  security,  in  a form prescribed by the commissioner, is submitted which provides coverage for the motor  vehicle  listed  on  the  registration  application  and  for non-owned motor vehicles being operated with such plates.   H.  Schedule for tow trucks. For each tow truck registered pursuant to section four hundred one-b of  this  article,  the  annual  fee  of  two dollars  and  eighty-eight  cents  for  each five hundred pounds maximum gross weight or fraction thereof. For the purposes of this schedule, the maximum gross weight of a tow truck shall  include  the  weight  of  any vehicle transported wholly upon the tow truck, but shall not include the  weight  of  any vehicle transported partly upon the tow truck and partly on its own wheels or a dolly.   I. Schedule for leased and rental vehicles. 1. The annual fee for each leased vehicle and for each rental vehicle, other than a motorcycle or a rental  vehicle  of the passenger vehicle or suburban type, shall be the annual fee which would be required to be paid for  such  vehicle  if  it were not a leased or rental vehicle.   2.  For each rental vehicle of the passenger or suburban type having a seating capacity for passengers, including the driver, of  five  persons or  less,  the annual fee of fifty-three dollars and nineteen cents. For each such vehicle having a seating capacity  for  passengers,  including the  driver,  of not less than six persons, nor more than seven persons, the annual fee of seventy-four dollars and seventy-five cents. For  each such  vehicle  having  a  seating capacity for passengers, including the driver, of at least eight persons, but not more than  ten  persons,  the annual  fee  of  eighty-six dollars and twenty-five cents. For each such vehicle having a seating capacity for passengers, including the  driver, of  at  least  eleven  persons,  but  not more than fifteen persons, the annual fee of one hundred thirteen dollars and fifty-six cents.   J. Schedule for vanpool vehicles. The  annual  fee  for  each  vanpool vehicle  shall  be the annual fee which would be required to be paid for such vehicle if  it  were  not  used  for  the  purpose  of  vanpooling. Registration  plates  for  such  vehicles  shall be of a type and design approved by the commissioner, and shall include the word VANPOOL on  the face  of  the  registration  plate.  Such  plate  shall be issued at the request of the registrant upon proof, satisfactory to the  commissioner, that the vehicle is to be used for the purpose of vanpooling.   K.  Schedule for heavy duty vehicles: Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision  of  this  section,  the  registration  fee  for  any  vehicle described  in  this  paragraph  shall  be  increased  by up to three and twenty-five one hundredths percent of such registration fee in effect on September first, two thousand nine, to  fund  the  direct  and  indirect costs  of  the  development and implementation of a heavy duty emissions inspection program pursuant to  section  19-0320  of  the  environmental conservation  law,  including  planning,  development of regulations and guidance,  state  implementation  plan  development,   personnel   costs attributable  to  the  program,  and  enforcement  costs.  Such  fee  is authorized to be collected,  commencing  June  first,  nineteen  hundred ninety-nine,  at  the time of registration of any vehicle required to be registered in New York having a gross vehicle  weight  of  greater  than eight  thousand  five  hundred pounds and powered by diesel fuels except for those vehicles defined in section one hundred one of  this  chapter, subparagraph  two  of paragraph E and subparagraph (a) of paragraph F of this subdivision, and vehicles specified in subdivision thirteen of this section, and farm type tractors  and  all  terrain  type  vehicles  used exclusively  for  agricultural  or mowing purposes, or for snow plowing, other than for hire, farm equipment, including  self-propelled  machines used  exclusively  in  growing, harvesting or handling farm produce, and self-propelled  caterpillar  or  crawler-type  equipment   while   being operated  on  the contract site, and timber harvesting equipment such as harvesters,  wood  chippers,  forwarders,  log   skidders,   and   other processing  equipment used exclusively off highway for timber harvesting and logging purposes.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to  the contrary,  any  fee amount collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in the clean air fund, to the  credit  of  the  mobile  source account, in accordance with the provisions of section ninety-seven-oo of the  state  finance  law.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, the difference  collected  between  the  increase  of  the  percentage of the registration fees set forth in this schedule in effect on  and  after  September first, two thousand nine and the percentage of the registration fees set forth in this schedule in effect prior to such date  shall  be  deposited  to  the  credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   L. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph K of this  subdivision, no fee shall be charged upon the registration of any vehicle exempt from the payment of registration fees under paragraph b of subdivision six of this section.   8.  Registration  fees for trailers. a. The provisions of this chapter in relation to registration  books  and  registration,  certificates  of registration,  number  plates,  duplicates  of  certificates  and number plates, times  of  registration  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 thirty-eight cents. The  following  fees  shall  be paid upon the registration 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  eighty-nine  or  later  model  year semitrailer, such semitrailer may be registered 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 trailer, 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.   b. For the purposes of this subdivision, as applied to a trailer other than  a  coach  or  house trailer or a semitrailer, maximum gross weight shall mean the weight of the trailer plus the weight of the maximum load to be carried by such trailer during the registration period. The weight of the trailer and such maximum load as stated on  the  application  for registration  shall be subject to audit and approval by the commissioner of motor vehicles.   c. No person shall operate or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be operated or moved on any public highway of this state any combination of a tractor registered in this state and a semitrailer having  a  combined weight of vehicles and load in excess of the maximum gross weight of the tractor  as  stated on the application for registration of such vehicle. Such maximum gross weight cannot be more than the weight permitted under  section  three  hundred  eighty-five  of  this  chapter  or  the  weight permitted   by   the   rules   or   regulations  of  the  department  of transportation of any city not wholly  included  within  one  county  or under  permits  that  may  be  issued pursuant to such section, rules or regulations whichever is the least restrictive.   d. No person shall operate or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be operated or moved on any public highway of this state any trailer, other than a coach or house trailer  or  a  semitrailer,  registered  in  this state,  having  a  combined  weight of vehicle and load in excess of the maximum gross weight of such trailer as stated on  the  application  for registration of such vehicle.   9.  Correction  of  registration.  a. Where a motor vehicle registered under this article requires registration in another class because  of  a change  in  its form or use, an application for the correct registration may be granted upon the surrendering of the certificate of  registration and  number plates and the payment of a fee of one dollar, together with the excess, if any, of the fee for the correct registration over the fee for the registration in the class in which the  vehicle  is  registered, both  fees  to  be  computed  as  of  the  date  of granting the correct registration; provided, however, that if the vehicle  has  already  been registered  in  more than one class during the year, the class requiring the highest  fee  shall  be  taken  as  the  basis  in  determining  the additional  fee,  if  any,  to be paid instead of the class in which the vehicle is registered at the time of the application.   b. Where a vehicle registered under  the  provisions  of  subdivisions seven  or  eight  of  this  section on the basis of maximum gross weight requires a corrected registration because of a load  in  excess  of  the maximum  load  as  certified in the application for registration, or the registrant desires to register the vehicle  at  a  lower  gross  maximum weight,  an application shall be made for correct registration. Upon the surrendering of the certificate of registration and the payment of a fee of two dollars together with the balance  of  the  annual  fee  for  the correct  registration  over  the  fee  as  previously  registered,  such corrected registration may be issued. No return of any part of  the  fee paid  for the previous registration shall be made in case of a reduction of maximum gross weight certified in the  application  for  a  corrected registration.   9-a.  Whenever a registration fee prescribed in subdivision six, seven or eight of this section shall amount to a fee other than a whole dollar amount, the fee required to be paid shall  be  rounded  to  the  nearest twenty-five cents.   10.  Fees  in  lieu  of  taxes.  The registration fees imposed by this article upon motor vehicles,  other  than  those  of  manufacturers  and dealers, shall be in lieu of all taxes, general or local, to which motor vehicles may be subject.   11.  A motor vehicle, which does not fall within the definition of the term bus, used to transport pupils, or pupils and teachers, to and  from school and not otherwise used to transport passengers for hire shall not be registered as a taxicab or livery because of such use.   12. Registration fee for "forty and eight trains." Notwithstanding any of  the  provisions  of  this chapter, the annual registration fee for a motor vehicle, commonly described as a boxcar  and/or  locomotive,  duck and  tank  and  used  only  by La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux for civic demonstrations, convention purposes or social welfare work,  shall be five dollars.   12-a. Permanent fleet registration. The commissioner may provide for a system  of  extended  registration  for  vehicles a registrant wishes to register as a fleet. The fee  required  for  the  registration  of  each  vehicle  registered  in such system shall be the same fee which would be required if the vehicle was otherwise registered under this section plus an additional  two  dollar  administrative  fee.  The  commissioner  may establish  the minimum number of vehicles required to be registered as a fleet, the types of vehicles which may be registered  in  a  fleet,  the term  of  validity  of  any  such registration, qualifications for fleet registrants and, notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary, procedures for registration in a fleet, times and  methods of  payment  of required fees and the display and/or surrender of number plates  and  tags  or  other  evidence  of   fleet   registration.   The commissioner  may  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  to  carry out the provisions of this subdivision.   13. Registration of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers operated upon public highways connecting portions of a farm or  farms,  municipal sanitary landfills, licensed motor vehicle repair shops and the point of sale   of  the  vehicle.  Motor  vehicles,  other  than  motor  vehicles manufactured  and  equipped  primarily   for   the   transportation   of passengers,  trailers  and  semitrailers,  to be operated by any person, upon a public highway for the purpose of traveling by  the  most  direct route,  but  in  no  event further than twenty-five miles one-way from a point on  the  farm  as  designated  by  the  vehicle  owner  and  which designated   point  is  set  forth  in  an  attachment  to  the  vehicle registration, (a) between fields, buildings, and facilities  managed  or operated  as  part  of  a  single farm enterprise in connection with the production, harvesting, processing or marketing on that farm  of  crops, livestock,  or  livestock products produced on that farm; or (b) for the purpose of transporting materials from a farm to the  nearest  available municipal  sanitary landfill; or (c) for the purpose of transporting the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to a  motor  vehicle  repair  shop licensed  pursuant  to  this  chapter  for  the  repair or adjustment of equipment provided that, in addition to the route restrictions set forth in this subdivision, no such transport shall be authorized (i)  if  such vehicle  has an out-of-service defect relating to load securement, brake systems, steering components and/or coupling devices, or  after  it  has been  placed  out-of-service;  (ii)  on  any limited access highway; and (iii) during the period of one hour before  sunset  to  one  hour  after sunrise;  or  (d)  for  the  purpose  of transporting the motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, at the time of first receipt, from its point  of sale to a farm, may be registered as provided in this subdivision. Every owner  of such vehicles may cause to be filed by mail or otherwise, with the commissioner or with any agent of the commissioner,  an  application for  registration of such vehicle, addressed to the commissioner, and on a blank to be furnished by the commissioner for that purpose, containing the information required by subdivision one of  this  section  and  such other information as the commissioner shall require. The commissioner or agent  shall  make  such  investigation,  as  he  or she shall determine necessary,  and  if  satisfied  that  the  vehicle  is  to  be  operated exclusively as provided in this subdivision shall, upon the payment of a fee of one dollar, assign to such vehicle a distinctive number and issue and deliver to the applicant a set of number plates and a certificate of registration   in   such  form  as  the  commissioner  shall  prescribe, indicating the extent to which the vehicle registered may be operated on the public highways  and  such  vehicle  may  be  operated  only  as  so indicated.  For  the  purposes of this subdivision, the terms "farm" and "crops, livestock or livestock products," shall have the same meaning as "land  used  in  agricultural  production"  and  "crops,  livestock  and livestock  products,"  respectively, as defined in section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law,  except  that  farmers  with  an  average  gross  sales value of at least one thousand dollars per year of crops, livestock, and livestock products shall be eligible  to  register vehicles pursuant to this subdivision.   15.  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to  make  necessary  rules and regulations as may be appropriate for  the  proper  enforcement  of  the provisions  of  this  section  with  respect to the registration of auto trucks, agriculture trucks, light delivery cars, tractors and trailers.   16. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this  chapter  or  other law, or rule or regulation, a specialized vehicle shall be classified as a  passenger  vehicle  and shall be registered accordingly. Such vehicle may use any highway which is restricted to passenger use only.   b. For the purpose of this subdivision, "a specialized vehicle"  shall mean  any vehicle having a gross weight not exceeding sixty-nine hundred ninety-nine pounds, regardless of seating or window arrangements,  which is  equipped  or  modified with a powered lift or ramp or containing any other physical device or alteration for the purpose of  accommodating  a wheelchair  or permitting access of a wheelchair-bound person, and which is intended to be used for the transportation of a  disabled  person  or persons confined to a wheelchair.   17.  The  provisions  of this chapter with respect to the issuance and display of number plates shall not apply to trucks that are used on  the highways  only  in  crossing  from  one  point in the owners property to another point in the property of such owner where the route traveled  by such  trucks  does  not  adjoin  the  lands  of another owner; provided, however, that such vehicles  shall  comply  in  all  respects  with  the provisions of article six of this chapter.   17-a.  The  commissioner  shall  permit the use of distinctive license plates reserved for use by emergency medical technicians  on  a  van  or pickup truck owned and operated by such person where such vehicle is not used for commercial purposes.   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 subsequent 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.   19.  No  owner of a motor vehicle shall cause to be presented, by mail or otherwise, to the office or a branch office of the  commissioner,  or to  any  agent of the commissioner, an application for registration of a vehicle  which  violates  any  weight  limitations  contained   in   the  provisions  of  section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter or the weight permitted by the rules or regulations  of  any  city  not  wholly included  within one county or under permits that may be issued pursuant to   such   section,   rules  or  regulations  whichever  is  the  least restrictive.   19-a. If a vehicle or combination of vehicles is operated in violation of this section, an appearance ticket or summons may be  issued  to  the registrant  of  the  vehicle,  or  if  a combination of vehicles, to the registrant of the hauling vehicle rather than the operator. In the event the vehicle is operated by a  person  other  than  the  registrant,  any appearance  ticket  or  summons issued to the registrant shall be served upon the operator, who shall be deemed the agent of the  registrant  for the  purpose  of  receiving  such  appearance  ticket  or  summons. Such operator-agent shall transmit such ticket or summons to  the  registrant of the vehicle or the hauling vehicle. If the registrant does not appear on  the  return date, a notice establishing a new return date and either containing all pertinent information relating to  the  charge  which  is contained  on  the summons or appearance ticket or accompanied by a copy of the information or complaint shall also be  mailed  by  certified  or registered  mail by or on behalf of the court or administrative tribunal before whom the appearance  ticket  or  summons  is  returnable  to  the registrant  at the address given on the registration certificate for the vehicle, or if no registration certificate is produced at the  time  the appearance ticket or summons is issued, to the address of the registrant on  file  with  the  department  or  given  to  the  person  issuing the appearance ticket  or  summons.  Whenever  proceedings  in  a  court  or administrative  tribunal  of  this  state  result  in a conviction for a violation of this section, and the court or administrative tribunal  has made  the mailing specified herein, the court or administrative tribunal shall levy a mandatory surcharge, in addition to any sentence  or  other surcharge required or permitted by law, in the amount of thirty dollars. This  mandatory  surcharge  shall  be  paid to the clerk of the court or administrative tribunal that rendered the conviction. Within  the  first ten days of the month following collection of the mandatory surcharge by a  town  or  village  court, the court shall pay such money to the state comptroller  who  shall,  pursuant  to  subdivision   two   of   section ninety-nine-a of the state finance law, credit such money to the account of  the  town  or  village  which  sent the mandatory surcharge. If such collecting authority is  any  other  court  of  the  unified  system  or administrative  tribunal it shall, within such period, pay such money to the state comptroller who  shall  deposit  such  money  into  the  state treasury.  The  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  not  apply  to owner-operators of any motor vehicle or to any motor vehicle or  trailer which  is registered in the name of a person whose principal business is the lease or rental of motor  vehicles  or  trailers  unless  the  motor vehicle or trailer is being operated by an employee of the registrant or for  a  community  of  interest other than the lease or rental agreement between the parties to the lease or rental agreement.   21. The commissioner shall deposit daily the percentages listed  below of  all  fees  collected  or  received  by  the commissioner after March thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three   pursuant   to   certain registration fees imposed by (a) paragraph a of subdivision six, (b) all schedules  of subdivision seven and (c) paragraph a of subdivision eight of this section in a responsible bank, banking house or  trust  company, which  shall  pay  the  highest  rate  of interest to the state for such deposit to the credit of the comptroller on  account  of  the  dedicated highway   and   bridge   trust  fund  established  pursuant  to  section eighty-nine-b of the  state  finance  law.  The  commissioner  shall  so  deposit  thirteen  percent of all such registration fees so collected or so received after March  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three, seventeen  percent  of  all  such  registration  fees so collected or so received  after  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred ninety-four, twenty percent of all such registration fees so collected or so received after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five,  twenty-eight percent  of all such registration fees so collected or so received after March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight,  thirty-four  percent of  all  such  registration  fees so collected or so received after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, and forty-five and five-tenths percent of all such registration fees so collected or so received  after January  thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine. Every bank, banking house or trust company that accepts such deposits shall execute and file in the office of the department of audit and control an  undertaking  to the  state,  in  the  sum,  and  with such sureties, as are required and approved by the comptroller for the safe keeping and prompt  payment  on legal  demand  therefor of all such moneys held by or on deposit in such bank, banking house, or trust company, with interest  thereon  on  daily balances at such rate as the comptroller may fix. Every such undertaking shall  have  endorsed  thereon  or  annexed  thereto the approval of the attorney general as to its form.   The commissioner shall deposit daily the percentages listed  below  of all   fees  collected  or  received  by  the  commissioner  after  March thirty-first, two thousand one pursuant  to  certain  registration  fees imposed  by  (a)  paragraph  a  of subdivision six, (b) all schedules of subdivision seven, and (c) paragraph a  of  subdivision  eight  of  this section  in  a  responsible  bank, banking house or trust company, which shall pay the highest rate of interest to the state for such deposit  to the  credit  of  the comptroller on account of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-b  of  the state  finance  law  and  the  dedicated  mass transportation trust fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-c of the state  finance  law and to distribute such deposit pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (d)  of  section  three hundred one-j of the tax law. In addition to the percentages specified in the opening  paragraph  of  this  section,  the commissioner  shall  so  deposit twenty-three and five-tenths percent of all such registration fees so  collected  or  so  received  after  March thirty-first, two thousand one and fifty-four and five-tenths percent of all  such  registration  fees  so  collected  or so received after March thirty-first, two thousand two.  Every  bank,  banking  house  or  trust company  that accepts such deposits shall execute and file in the office of the department of audit and control an undertaking to the  state,  in the  sum,  and  with  such sureties, as are required and approved by the comptroller for the safe keeping and  prompt  payment  on  legal  demand therefor  of all such moneys held by or in deposit in such bank, banking house or trust company, with interest thereon on daily balances at  such rate  as  the  comptroller  may  fix.  Every such undertaking shall have endorsed thereon or annexed thereto the approval of the attorney general as to its form.   Of the revenues so deposited, the  comptroller  shall  retain  in  his hands  such amount as the commissioner may determine to be necessary for refunds or reimbursements of the fees collected or received pursuant  to (a)  paragraph  a  of  subdivision six, (b) all schedules of subdivision seven and (c) paragraph a of subdivision eight of this section to  which registrants  shall be entitled under the provisions of this article, out of which amount the commissioner shall pay any refunds or reimbursements of the fees collected  or  received  pursuant  to  (a)  paragraph  a  of subdivision  six,  (b)  all  schedules  of  subdivision  seven  and  (c)  paragraph a of subdivision eight of this section  to  which  registrants shall   be  entitled  under  such  provisions.  The  comptroller,  after reserving the amount to pay such refunds or reimbursements, shall, on or before the last day of each month, deposit the balance of the revenue so deposited  during such month into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the state  finance law  and  the  dedicated  mass  transportation  trust  fund  established pursuant to section eighty-nine-c of the state finance law.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference   collected  between  the  registration  fees  set  forth  in paragraph a of subdivision six of this section in effect  on  and  after September  first,  two thousand nine and the registration fees set forth in such paragraph in effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference collected between the registration fees set forth in schedule A  of subdivision seven of this section in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the registration fees  set  forth  in  such schedule  in  effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference collected between the registration fees set forth in schedule B  of subdivision seven of this section in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the registration fees  set  forth  in  such schedule  in  effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference collected between the registration fees set forth in schedule C  of subdivision seven of this section in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the registration fees  set  forth  in  such schedule  in  effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference collected between the registration fees set forth in schedule E  of subdivision seven of this section in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the registration fees  set  forth  in  such schedule  in  effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference collected between the registration fees set forth in schedule F  of subdivision seven of this section in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the registration fees  set  forth  in  such schedule  in  effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference collected between the registration fees set forth in schedule G  of subdivision seven of this section in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the registration fees  set  forth  in  such schedule  in  effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference collected between the registration fees set forth in schedule I  of subdivision seven of this section in effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the registration fees  set  forth  in  such schedule  in  effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the difference   collected  between  the  registration  fees  set  forth  in  subdivision eight of this section  in  effect  on  and  after  September first,  two  thousand  nine  and the registration fees set forth in such subdivision in effect prior to such  date  shall  be  deposited  to  the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the registration fees collected pursuant to subdivisions two, six and  eight of section four hundred twenty of this title shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision; provided, however, the difference collected  between  the registration fees set forth in such subdivisions two, six and eight in effect on and after September first, two  thousand nine  and the registration fees set forth in such subdivisions in effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the  credit  of  the  dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision  of  this  section,  the registration fees collected pursuant to  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision three  of  section twenty-two hundred sixty-one of this chapter shall be deposited pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  subdivision;  provided, however,  the  difference  collected  between  the registration fees set forth in paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  three  of  section  twenty-two hundred  sixty-one  of  this  chapter  in  effect on and after September first, two thousand nine and the registration fees  set  forth  in  such paragraph  in effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision  of  this  section,  eleven dollars  and  fifty cents of the registration fees collected pursuant to 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 credit 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.   22. The commissioner shall not register any altered motor vehicle that fails   to   comply,   as   demonstrated  to  the  satisfaction  of  the commissioner, with the certification requirements  established  by  Part 567 of title 49 of the code of federal regulations for altered vehicles.   23.  The  commissioner  shall  revoke  the registration of any altered motor vehicle which fails to comply with the certification  requirements of  Part  567  of  title  49  of  the  code  of  federal regulations, as determined by the commissioner, and refund to or credit the  account  of any person who paid a registration fee for an altered motor vehicle, the pro rata unused portion of such registration fee.