305 - Fees.

§ 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 March 31, 2015    * (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 March 31, 2015    * (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 March 31, 2015    * (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 March 31, 2015    (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 March 31, 2015    * (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 March 31, 2015