2023 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
section three hundred eighty-five of this chapter and the rules  of  the
department  of  transportation  of  the  city of New York in relation to
gross vehicle weight and/or axle weight violations imposed pursuant to a
weigh in motion demonstration program imposing monetary liability on the
owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator  thereof  to  comply  with
such  gross  vehicle  weight and/or axle weight restrictions through the
installation and operation  of  weigh  in  motion  violation  monitoring
systems,  in  accordance  with article ten of this chapter; or (vii) the
registrant was liable for a violation of subdivision (b),  (d),  (f)  or
(g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter imposed pursuant to
a  demonstration  program  imposing 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,
or  (viii)  the  registrant  was  liable  for   a   violation   of   bus
operation-related  traffic regulations as defined by article twenty-four
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 bus  operation-related  traffic  regulations
through  the  installation  and operation of bus operation-related photo
devices, in accordance with article twenty-four  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.
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.