§ 145. Penalties and forfeitures for violations. 1. Any certificate or\npermit may, after a hearing, be suspended, cancelled, revoked or\nmodified, in whole or in part, for failure to comply with the provisions\nof this chapter or with any lawful rule, order or regulation of the\ncommissioner promulgated hereunder or with any term, condition, or\nlimitation of such certificate or permit or for failure to render\nreasonably continuous service within the scope of the certificate or\npermit.\n 2. The commissioner may upon complaint or upon the commissioner's\ninitiative without complaint institute proceedings to revoke, cancel,\nsuspend or modify any certificate or permit issued pursuant to this\nchapter after a hearing at which the holder of such certificate or\npermit and any person making such complaint shall be given an\nopportunity to be heard. Provided, however, that any order of the\ncommissioner revoking, cancelling, suspending or modifying any\ncertificate or permit shall not become effective until thirty days after\nthe serving of notice thereof upon the holder of such certificate or\npermit, unless the commissioner determines that the continued holding of\nsuch certificate or permit for such period would be contrary to the\npublic interest. Hearings shall be held in such manner and upon such\nnotice as may be prescribed by rules of the commissioner, but such\nnotice shall be of not less than ten days and shall state the nature of\nthe complaint.\n 3. In addition to, or in lieu of, any sanctions set forth in this\nsection, the commissioner may, after a hearing, impose a penalty not to\nexceed a maximum of ten thousand dollars in any one proceeding upon any\nperson if the commissioner finds that such person or officer, agent or\nemployee thereof has failed to comply with the requirements of this\nchapter or any rule, regulation or order of the commissioner promulgated\nthereunder. If such penalty is not paid within four months, the amount\nthereof may be entered as a judgment in the office of the clerk of the\ncounty of Albany and in any other county in which the person resides,\nhas a place of business or through which it operates. Thereafter, if\nsaid judgment has not been satisfied within ninety days, any certificate\nor permit held by any such person may be revoked upon notice but without\na further hearing. Provided, however, that if a person shall apply for a\nrehearing of the determination of the penalty pursuant to the provisions\nof section eighty-nine of this chapter, judgment shall not be entered\nuntil a determination has been made on the application for a rehearing.\nFurther provided however, that if after a rehearing a penalty is imposed\nand such penalty is not paid within four months of the date of service\nof the rehearing decision, the amount of such penalty may be entered as\na judgment in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany and in any\nother county in which the person resides, has a place of business or\nthrough which it operates. Thereafter, if said judgment has not been\nsatisfied within ninety days, any certificate or permit held by any such\nperson may be revoked upon notice but without a further hearing.\n 4. If after notice and opportunity to be heard, the commissioner shall\nfind that any person or persons is or are providing transportation\nsubject to regulation under this chapter without having any certificate\nor permit, or is or are holding themselves out to the public by\nadvertising or any other means to provide such transportation without\nhaving any certificate or permit or approval from a city having\njurisdiction pursuant to section eighty of this chapter, the\ncommissioner may notify the commissioner of motor vehicles to that\neffect and the commissioner of motor vehicles shall thereupon suspend\nthe registration or registrations of all motor vehicles owned or\noperated by such person or persons except private passenger automobiles\nuntil such time as the commissioner
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