Bill Text: NY A03421 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the collection of supplemental vehicle registration fees for New York City registrants.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-07 - referred to transportation [A03421 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-A03421-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3421 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the collection of supplemental vehicle registration, learners permits and drivers license fees for New York City registrants and operators; and to repeal article 17-C of the vehicle and traffic law relating to the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registra- tion fee The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 17-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED. 2 § 2. Section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a 3 new subdivision 24 to read as follows: 4 24. Collection of supplemental fee for New York City registrants. a. 5 All registrants of motor vehicles who reside in the city of New York 6 shall pay to the commissioner or their agent a supplemental registration 7 fee of twenty-five dollars per annum for each year or portion of a year 8 that such registration is valid upon registration or renewal of motor 9 vehicles subject to registration fees pursuant to the following 10 provisions: paragraph a of subdivision six of this section; schedules A, 11 B, C, E, F, G, I and K of subdivision seven of this section; paragraph a 12 of subdivision eight of this section; paragraph a of subdivision five of 13 section four hundred ten of this title; and section four hundred 14 eleven-b of this title. 15 b. The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds derived from the 16 collection of the supplemental fee established pursuant to paragraph a 17 of this subdivision with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust 18 companies as may be designated by the state comptroller, to the credit 19 of the comptroller. On or before the twelfth day of each month, the 20 commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount of all revenues 21 received pursuant to this article during the prior month as a result of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01096-01-5A. 3421 2 1 the supplemental fee imposed, including any interest and penalties ther- 2 eon. The revenues so certified shall be deposited by the state comp- 3 troller in the metropolitan transportation authority aid trust account 4 of the metropolitan transportation authority financial assistance fund 5 established pursuant to section ninety-two-ff of the state finance law 6 for deposit, subject to appropriation, in the corporate transportation 7 account of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance 8 fund established by section twelve hundred seventy-a of the public 9 authorities law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of subdivi- 10 sion four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this section 11 that is deposited by the comptroller in the metropolitan transportation 12 authority aid trust account of the metropolitan transportation authority 13 financial assistance fund shall be held in such fund free and clear of 14 any claim by any person or entity paying an additional fee pursuant to 15 this section, including, without limiting the generality of the forego- 16 ing, any right or claim against the metropolitan transportation authori- 17 ty, any of its bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metro- 18 politan transportation authority. 19 § 3. Paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle 20 and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter 58 of the 21 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 22 (b-1) Supplemental learner permit/license fee in the [metropolitan23commuter transportation district] city of New York. (i) Upon passage of 24 the knowledge test required to obtain a learner's permit, an applicant 25 for a driver's license who resides in the [metropolitan commuter trans-26portation district] city of New York established by section [one thou-27sand two hundred sixty-two] twelve hundred sixty-two of the public 28 authorities law shall be required to pay a supplemental fee of one 29 dollar for each six months or portion thereof of the period of validity 30 of a learner's permit or license which is or may be issued pursuant to 31 the provisions of subparagraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b) of this 32 subdivision. 33 (ii) The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds collected pursuant 34 to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph with such responsible banks, bank- 35 ing houses or trust companies as may be designated by the state comp- 36 troller, in trust for the credit of the metropolitan transportation 37 authority. An account may be established in one or more of such deposi- 38 tories. Such deposits shall be kept separate and apart from all other 39 money in the possession of the comptroller. On or before the twelfth day 40 of each month, the commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the 41 amount of all revenues received pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this 42 paragraph during the prior month as a result of the supplemental fee 43 imposed, including any interest and penalties thereon. The revenues so 44 certified over the prior three months in total shall be paid over by the 45 fifteenth day of the last month of each calendar quarter from such 46 account, without appropriation, into the corporate transportation 47 account of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance 48 fund established by section twelve hundred seventy-a of the public 49 authorities law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of subdivi- 50 sion four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this section 51 that is deposited by the comptroller in the corporate transportation 52 account of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance 53 fund shall be held in such fund free and clear of any claim by any 54 person or entity paying an additional fee pursuant to this section, 55 including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any right 56 or claim against the metropolitan transportation authority, any of itsA. 3421 3 1 bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metropolitan trans- 2 portation authority. 3 § 4. Paragraph (c-3) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle 4 and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter 58 of the 5 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 6 (c-3) (i) Supplemental renewal fee in the [metropolitan commuter7transportation district] city of New York. In addition to the fees 8 required to be paid pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a 9 supplemental fee of one dollar for each six months or portion thereof of 10 the validity of the license shall be paid for renewal of a license of a 11 person who resides in the [metropolitan commuter transportation12district] city of New York established by section [one thousand two13hundred sixty-two] twelve hundred sixty-two of the public authorities 14 law issued by the commissioner. 15 (ii) The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds collected pursuant 16 to this paragraph with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust 17 companies as may be designated by the state comptroller, in trust for 18 the credit of the metropolitan transportation authority. An account may 19 be established in one or more of such depositories. Such deposits shall 20 be kept separate and apart from all other money in the possession of the 21 comptroller. On or before the twelfth day of each month, the commission- 22 er shall certify to the comptroller the amount of all revenues received 23 pursuant to this paragraph during the prior month as a result of the 24 supplemental fees imposed, including any interest and penalties thereon. 25 The revenues so certified over the prior three months in total shall be 26 paid over by the fifteenth day of the last month of each calendar quar- 27 ter from such account, without appropriation, into the corporate trans- 28 portation account of the metropolitan transportation authority special 29 assistance fund established by section twelve hundred seventy-a of the 30 public authorities law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of 31 subdivision four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this 32 section that is deposited by the comptroller in the corporate transpor- 33 tation account of the metropolitan transportation authority special 34 assistance fund shall be held in such fund free and clear of any claim 35 by any person or entity paying an additional fee pursuant to this 36 section, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, 37 any right or claim against the metropolitan transportation authority, 38 any of its bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metropol- 39 itan transportation authority. 40 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
