§ 303. Official inspection stations. (a) The commissioner is\nauthorized to operate, enter into contracts with any person to operate,\nand license official inspection stations for the purpose of making the\ninspection prescribed by this article and for the purpose of issuing\ncertificates of inspection.\n (1) A license to operate an official inspection station shall be\nissued only upon written application which shall set forth such facts\nand evidence as may be required to ascertain the identity,\nqualifications and character of the applicant. An original application\nfor a license for an official inspection station shall be accompanied by\nan application fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall in no event be\nrefunded. The commissioner shall issue a license, after appropriate\ninquiry and investigation, only when satisfied that the station is\nproperly equipped and has competent personnel to make such inspections\nand that such inspections will be properly conducted, and that the\napplicant complies with the provisions of this article and the rules and\nregulations promulgated thereunder. If an application is approved by the\ncommissioner, a license shall be issued to the applicant. The annual fee\nfor a license or license renewal shall be fifty dollars. The\ncommissioner may issue such licenses on a staggered expiration basis, in\nwhich event the fees for such licenses shall be prorated on a monthly\nbasis. In no event shall the fee exceed one hundred dollars for two\nyears. The commissioner shall have discretion to issue a license or\nlicense renewal which shall be valid for a period of not more than two\nyears. The fee for any such renewal shall be not more than one hundred\ndollars.\n (2) The commissioner may issue a temporary permit to any applicant for\na license under the provisions of this article pending final action on\nan application made for such a license, and the computation of the\nlicense fee, if a license is issued, shall be computed from the date of\nissuance of the temporary permit. Any such permit shall be valid for a\nperiod not in excess of sixty days. The provisions of this paragraph\nrelating to fees, shall not apply to the state, a city, county, village,\ntown or school district, or any of the departments thereof.\n (3) A contract to operate an emission inspection facility shall\ninclude the following conditions:\n (i) emission inspection facilities must be geographically dispersed\nthroughout each region in numbers sufficient to allow motorists\nreasonable access to such facilities;\n (ii) maximum daily average waiting times for motorists at emission\ninspection facilities shall not exceed fifteen minutes for more than\nfive days each calendar month; and\n (iii) no emission inspection facility authorized by a chapter of the\nlaws of nineteen hundred ninety-three shall begin to operate\ncommercially, except for a limited test period not to exceed thirty-one\ndays as approved by the department, prior to January first, nineteen\nhundred ninety-six, in any area of the state which has an emission\ninspection program in operation at the time of the enactment of such\nchapter. The commissioner shall approve any proposed fee schedule to the\nextent that it will allow an official inspection station operating such\na pre-existing program to recover any additional fee imposed by such\nchapter.\n (b) Each official inspection station shall keep a record of\ninspections, re-inspections, and the results thereof, and a record of\ncertificates of inspection issued.\n (c) Each official inspection station shall prominently display in an\narea of the station where the orderly transaction of business of such\nstation occurs a sign provided or approved by the department and, after\na motor vehicle fails to pass inspection at such station, provide\nwritten notice on forms provided or approved by the department to the\nowner or person in charge of said vehicle that the necessary repairs\nmust be made to the vehicle
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