N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 1199: Driver responsibility assessment

§ 1199. Driver responsibility assessment. 1. In addition to any fines,

fees, penalties and surcharges authorized by law, any person convicted

of a violation of any subdivision of section eleven hundred ninety-two

of this article, or any person found to have refused a chemical test in

accordance with section eleven hundred ninety-four of this article not

arising out of the same incident as a conviction for a violation of any

of the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article,

shall become liable to the department for payment of a driver

responsibility assessment as provided in this section.

2. The amount of the driver responsibility assessment under this

section shall be two hundred fifty dollars per year for a three-year

period.

3. Upon receipt of evidence that a person is liable for the driver

responsibility assessment required by this section, the commissioner

shall notify such person by first class mail to the address of such

person on file with the department or at the current address provided by

the United States postal service of the amount of such assessment, the

time and manner of making required payments, and that failure to make

payment shall result in the suspension of his or her driver's license or

privilege of obtaining a driver's license.

4. If a person shall fail to pay any driver responsibility assessment

as provided in this section, the commissioner shall suspend such

person's driver's license or privilege of obtaining a license. Such

suspension shall remain in effect until any and all outstanding driver

responsibility assessments have been paid in full.

5. The provisions of this section shall also be applicable to any

person convicted of any violation of section forty-nine-a of the

navigation law, any person convicted of a violation of section 25.24 of

the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, or any person found

to have refused a chemical test in accordance with the applicable

provisions of either the navigation law or the parks, recreation and

historic preservation law not arising out of the same incident as such

conviction.