403-B - Sales of certain number or distinctive license plates by certain dealers.

§  403-b.  Sales  of  special  number or distinctive license plates by  certain dealers. 1. A dealer, retail dealer, new motor vehicle dealer or  qualified dealer holding a certificate of registration  issued  pursuant  to  section  four  hundred  fifteen of this title shall be authorized to  obtain or order special number  or  distinctive  license  plates  for  a  purchaser  of  a vehicle from such dealer in return for a processing fee  not to exceed five dollars. Such dealer shall not be required to  secure  a license pursuant to section three hundred ninety-five of this chapter.    2.  The  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to promulgate rules and  regulations necessary  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this  section  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the provision of a credit for number  plates or other interim or temporary plates issued  in  advance  of  the  receipt  of the special number or distinctive plate, and the requirement  that dealers authorized by this section disclose the initial and  annual  fees  applicable  to  any special number and distinctive plates that are  ordered. The processing  fee  authorized  in  subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall  apply  only upon orders of special or distinctive plates  and shall be in  addition  to  any  other  fee  or  fees  authorized  by  regulation  and  charged  by  such  dealers  for obtaining motor vehicle  registrations and/or titles.