§ 1199 — Driver responsibility assessment

§ 1199. Driver responsibility assessment. 1. In addition to any fines,\nfees, penalties and surcharges authorized by law, any person convicted\nof a violation of any subdivision of section eleven hundred ninety-two\nof this article, or any person found to have refused a chemical test in\naccordance with section eleven hundred ninety-four of this article not\narising out of the same incident as a conviction for a violation of any\nof the provisions of section eleven hundred ninety-two of this article,\nshall become liable to the department for payment of a driver\nresponsibility assessment as provided in this section.\n 2. The amount of the driver responsibility assessment under this\nsection shall be two hundred fifty dollars per year for a three-year\nperiod.\n 3. Upon receipt of evidence that a person is liable for the driver\nresponsibility assessment required by this section, the commissioner\nshall notify such person by first class mail to the address of such\nperson on file with the department or at the current address provided by\nthe United States postal service of the amount of such assessment, the\ntime and manner of making required payments, and that failure to make\npayment shall result in the suspension of his or her driver's license or\nprivilege of obtaining a driver's license.\n 4. If a person shall fail to pay any driver responsibility assessment\nas provided in this section, the commissioner shall suspend such\nperson's driver's license or privilege of obtaining a license. Such\nsuspension shall remain in effect until any and all outstanding driver\nresponsibility assessments have been paid in full.\n 5. The provisions of this section shall also be applicable to any\nperson convicted of any violation of section forty-nine-a of the\nnavigation law, any person convicted of a violation of section 25.24 of\nthe parks, recreation and historic preservation law, or any person found\nto have refused a chemical test in accordance with the applicable\nprovisions of either the navigation law or the parks, recreation and\nhistoric preservation law not arising out of the same incident as such\nconviction.\n