NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10208
SPONSOR: Kay TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
statewide uniformity of vehicle inspection fees
TITLE OF BILL:
An Act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
statewide uniformity of vehicle inspection fees
PURPOSE:
Provides for statewide uniformity of vehicle inspection fees.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends subdivision (c) of section 305 of the vehicle and
traffic law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993.
Section two establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The vehicle inspection fees currently instituted have placed an undue
burden on upstate auto repair stops. Prices have risen all over which
has made the allowable fee for conducting these vehicle inspections to
be outdated, often times less than the hourly wage of one mechanic. The
$21.00 fee is a disincentive for upstate mechanics who are already
facing a litany of challenges to stay open. The inspection fee (for the
exact same vehicle) should be uniform throughout the state in the amount
of $37.00.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which is shall have become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10208
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
statewide uniformity of vehicle inspection fees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 305 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 (c) The commissioner may establish maximum fees to be charged by an
5 official inspection station, provided however that any such maximum fees
6 established by the commissioner shall be uniformly applicable statewide.
7 Such fees shall be prominently displayed at such station.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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