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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 305: Fees

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 3. Safety Responsibility; Financial Security; Equipment; Inspection; Size and Weight; and Other Provisions
  3. Article 5. Periodic Inspection of Motor Vehicles

§ 305. Fees. (a) The fee for a certificate of inspection issued by the

commissioner, to be collected from the owner of an official inspection

station to whom issued, shall be as follows:

* (1) The fee for a certificate representing that a safety inspection

has been performed shall be two dollars, which shall be deposited into

the transportation safety account established pursuant to section

ninety-one of the state finance law through March thirty-first, two

thousand four and to the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund from

April first, two thousand four and thereafter, and

* NB Effective until April 1, 2028

* (1) The fee for a certificate representing that a safety inspection

has been performed shall be two dollars, which shall be deposited into

the transportation safety account established pursuant to section

ninety-one of the state finance law, and

* NB Effective April 1, 2028

* (2) The fee for a certificate representing that an emissions

inspection has been successfully completed shall be set by the

commissioner through regulation, at an amount not to exceed four dollars

or eight dollars if performed on a biennial basis. Such fees shall be

deposited into the mobile source account of the clean air fund

established by section ninety-seven-oo of the state finance law.

* NB Effective until April 1, 2028

* (2) The fee for a certificate representing that an emissions

inspection has been successfully completed shall be set by the

commissioner through regulation, at an amount not to exceed two dollars

or four dollars if performed on a biennial basis. Such fees shall be

deposited into the mobile source account of the clean air fund

established by section ninety-seven-oo of the state finance law.

* NB Effective April 1, 2028

(b) No fee authorized by subdivision (a) of this section shall apply

to the state, a city, county, village, town or school district, or any

of the departments thereof nor to a certificate issued by a licensed

emissions inspection station to such a public entity. A refund may be

made, or credit allowed, for unused certificates of inspection, or for

certificates lost, mutilated or destroyed, to the extent provided by the

regulations promulgated by the commissioner.

(c) The commissioner may establish maximum fees to be charged by an

official inspection station. Such fees shall be prominently displayed at

such station.

* (d) Fees assessed under this article shall be paid to the

commissioner for deposit to the transportation safety account

established pursuant to section ninety-one of the state finance law

through March thirty-first, two thousand four and from April first, two

thousand four and thereafter shall be deposited into the dedicated

highway and bridge trust fund, except that fees that are authorized to

be collected for each certificate of emissions inspection issued by the

commissioner, collected pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision (a) of

this section, shall be deposited into the mobile source account of the

clean air fund, as established by section ninety-seven-oo of the state

finance law.

* NB Effective until April 1, 2028

* (d) Fees assessed under this article shall be paid to the

commissioner for deposit to the transportation safety account

established pursuant to section ninety-one of the state finance law,

except that fees that are authorized to be collected for each

certificate of emissions inspection issued by the commissioner,

collected pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision (a) of this section,

shall be deposited into the mobile source account of the clean air fund,

as established by section ninety-seven-oo of the state finance law.

* NB Effective April 1, 2028

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