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Article 21C - NY Vehicle and Traffic Law
CERTIFICATES FOR ESCORT VEHICLES
S 546. Escort certificates. Application for an escort certificate
shall be made in the manner and form prescribed by the commissioner.
The fee prescribed by law shall be submitted with such application. The
applicant shall be a minimum of twenty-one years of age, possess a valid
driver's license, furnish such proof of fitness and identity as required
by the commissioner and submit to and pass a test administered by the
commissioner.
S 547. Period of validity of escort certificates. An escort
certificate shall be valid: (a) for a New York state licensee from its
date of issuance until the expiration of such person's driver's license,
and (b) for non-residents, a four year period from its date of issuance.
S 548. Fees. The fee for an application of an escort certificate shall
be forty dollars which shall be deposited in the general fund.
S 549. Cancellation of an escort certificate. An escort certificate
shall be cancelled by the commissioner if such person's underlying
driver's license has expired, is revoked or suspended or upon
notification by the commissioner of transportation or the New York state
thruway authority that the person has violated any rule or regulation of
the commissioner of transportation or the New York state thruway
authority governing the operation, use and equipment of escort vehicles
and the duties and responsibilities of the operator of an escort
vehicle.
S 550. Recertification. A person who has had his or her escort
certificate cancelled shall not be eligible to reapply for an escort
certificate for a minimum period of six months from the date of such
cancellation.
S 551. Violations. 1. No person shall operate an escort vehicle, as
defined in section one hundred fourteen-c of this chapter, unless he or
she is the holder of a valid driver's license and possesses a valid
escort certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A
violation of this subdivision shall be a traffic infraction and shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars.
2. No person shall operate an escort vehicle, as defined in section
one hundred fourteen-c of this chapter, with an escort certificate which
has been cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A
violation of this subdivision shall be a traffic infraction and shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than
one thousand dollars.
3. No person shall operate an escort vehicle, as defined in section
one hundred fourteen-c of this chapter, in violation of any rule or
regulation of the commissioner of transportation regarding the
operation, use or equipping of such vehicles. A violation of this
subdivision shall be a traffic infraction and shall be punishable by a
fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars.
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