N.Y. Transportation Law § 94: Assessment to defray operating expenses of the department

§ 94. Assessment to defray operating expenses of the department. 1.

For the fiscal year commencing on April first, nineteen hundred

eighty-three and for each fiscal year thereafter, the expenses of the

department for administering and enforcing motor carrier safety and

economic regulation pursuant to articles six, seven, eight and nine of

this chapter, exclusive of those expenses related to the safety

inspection of vehicles, shall be assessed by the commissioner in the

form of a fee for the registration of interstate operation pursuant to

section ninety-two of this article and an annual vehicle regulatory fee

imposed upon all motor vehicles required to be registered under section

ninety-three of this article.

2. The annual vehicle registration fee referred to in subdivision one

of this section shall be established and levied by the commissioner

subject to the approval of the director of the division of the budget in

an amount that is sufficient to raise funds to defray the expenses of

the department in administering and enforcing motor carrier safety and

economic regulation pursuant to articles six, seven, eight and nine of

this chapter exclusive of those expenses related to the safety

inspection of vehicles. Such expenses shall consist of the direct costs

of personal service, the cost of maintenance and operation, retirement

contributions, workers' compensation premiums, and health and dental

premiums which are paid by the state for or on account of personnel

involved in motor carrier regulation and any other direct costs involved

in administering and enforcing motor carrier regulations as deemed

appropriate by the commissioner. The commissioner may promulgate any

rules and regulations necessary to establish and administer the annual

vehicle registration fee except that in case of interstate carriers the

annual vehicle registration fee shall not exceed the limit established

by federal law or regulation for interstate carriers.

3. With respect to the annual vehicle registration fee imposed by this

section, the commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocity

agreements or compacts with other state and provincial jurisdictions

exempting vehicles domiciled in such other state or provincial

jurisdiction from the annual vehicle registration fee to the extent that

such state or provincial jurisdiction agrees to exempt vehicles

domiciled in this state from similar fees.