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,
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.
  * NB Effective until May 3, 2024
  * (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.
  * NB Effective May 3, 2024
  (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.