2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 3 - Safety Responsibility; Financial Security; Equipment; Inspection; Size and Weight; and Other Provisions › Article 5 - Periodic Inspection of Motor Vehicles › 305 - Fees.

§ 305. Fees. (a) The fee for a certificate of inspection issued by the
commissioner,  to  be collected from the owner of an official inspection
station to whom issued, shall be as follows:
* (1) The fee for a certificate representing that a safety  inspection
has  been  performed shall be two dollars, which shall be deposited into
the  transportation  safety  account  established  pursuant  to  section
ninety-one  of  the  state  finance  law through March thirty-first, two
thousand four and to the dedicated highway and bridge  trust  fund  from
April first, two thousand four and thereafter, and
* NB Effective until April 1, 2026
* (1)  The fee for a certificate representing that a safety inspection
has been performed shall be two dollars, which shall be  deposited  into
the  transportation  safety  account  established  pursuant  to  section
ninety-one of the state finance law, and
* NB Effective April 1, 2026
* (2) The  fee  for  a  certificate  representing  that  an  emissions
inspection   has  been  successfully  completed  shall  be  set  by  the
commissioner through regulation, at an amount not to exceed four dollars
or eight dollars if performed on a biennial basis. Such  fees  shall  be
deposited  into  the  mobile  source  account  of  the  clean  air  fund
established by section ninety-seven-oo of the state finance law.
* NB Effective until April 1, 2026
* (2) The  fee  for  a  certificate  representing  that  an  emissions
inspection   has  been  successfully  completed  shall  be  set  by  the
commissioner through regulation, at an amount not to exceed two  dollars
or  four  dollars  if  performed on a biennial basis. Such fees shall be
deposited  into  the  mobile  source  account  of  the  clean  air  fund
established by section ninety-seven-oo of the state finance law.
* NB Effective April 1, 2026
(b)  No  fee authorized by subdivision (a) of this section shall apply
to the state, a city, county, village, town or school district,  or  any
of  the  departments  thereof  nor to a certificate issued by a licensed
emissions inspection station to such a public entity. A  refund  may  be
made,  or  credit allowed, for unused certificates of inspection, or for
certificates lost, mutilated or destroyed, to the extent provided by the
regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner may establish maximum fees to be  charged  by  an
official inspection station. Such fees shall be prominently displayed at
such station.
* (d)   Fees  assessed  under  this  article  shall  be  paid  to  the
commissioner  for  deposit  to   the   transportation   safety   account
established  pursuant  to  section  ninety-one  of the state finance law
through March thirty-first, two thousand four and from April first,  two
thousand  four  and  thereafter  shall  be  deposited into the dedicated
highway and bridge trust fund, except that fees that are  authorized  to
be  collected for each certificate of emissions inspection issued by the
commissioner, collected pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision (a)  of
this  section,  shall be deposited into the mobile source account of the
clean air fund, as established by section ninety-seven-oo of  the  state
finance law.
* NB Effective until April 1, 2026
* (d)   Fees  assessed  under  this  article  shall  be  paid  to  the
commissioner  for  deposit  to   the   transportation   safety   account
established  pursuant  to  section  ninety-one of the state finance law,
except  that  fees  that  are  authorized  to  be  collected  for   each
certificate   of   emissions  inspection  issued  by  the  commissioner,
collected pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision (a) of this  section,

shall be deposited into the mobile source account of the clean air fund,
as established by section ninety-seven-oo of the state finance law.
* NB Effective April 1, 2026