§ 318. Revocation of registrations, drivers' licenses and non-resident\nprivileges. 1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the\ncommissioner, upon receipt of evidence that proof of financial security\nfor any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or a motor vehicle\nregistered with registration plates of this state issued in the year\ncorresponding to the model year date in which the vehicle was\nmanufactured pursuant to schedule G of subdivision seven of section four\nhundred one of this chapter, registered in this state is no longer in\neffect shall suspend the registration of such vehicle and the driver's\nlicense of the registrant, in accordance with the provisions of\nsubdivision one-a of this section.\n (b) Such motor vehicle shall not be registered or reregistered in the\nname of such person, or in any other name where the commissioner has\nreasonable grounds to believe that such registration or reregistration\nwill have the effect of defeating the purposes of this article, and no\nother motor vehicle shall be registered in the name of such person\nduring the period of such suspension.\n (c) Suspension shall not be made under this subdivision upon the basis\nof a lapse or termination of insurance if the registration certificate\nand number plates of the motor vehicle are surrendered prior to the time\nat which the termination of insurance becomes effective. Such surrender\nshall be made to such officers of the department as the commissioner\nshall direct, but the registrant at his option may surrender the\nregistration and number plates to any county clerk who is acting as an\nagent of the commissioner pursuant to section two hundred five of this\nchapter. Such county clerk may accept a surrender of registration and\nnumber plates and require the payment of a fee of one dollar whether\nsuch surrender is made before or after the effective date of termination\nof insurance. The county clerk shall retain any such fee which may have\nbeen collected, and shall return such registration certificates and\nnumber plates, or dispose of the same, only as prescribed by the\ncommissioner. For the purposes of this section the expiration of a\nregistration without renewal of such registration shall be deemed to be\na surrender of registration as of the date of expiration.\n (d) Suspension shall not be made under this subdivision upon the basis\nof a lapse or termination of insurance if the vehicle has been, or will\nbe, prior to the date of such lapse or termination, removed from the\nUnited States in North America and the Dominion of Canada for the\npurpose of international traffic, provided that the owner of such\nvehicle, prior to the date of such lapse or termination, has filed with\nthe commissioner a statement, in a form prescribed by him, indicating\nthat the vehicle has been, or will be, so removed, and agreeing to\nnotify the commissioner immediately upon return of the vehicle to the\nUnited States in North America or the Dominion of Canada. Upon receipt\nof the foregoing statement the commissioner shall restrict the use of\nthe registration to such international traffic until new proof of\nfinancial security has been secured for the vehicle.\n (e) Suspension need not be made under this subdivision upon the basis\nof a lapse or termination of insurance if the period of time during\nwhich the motor vehicle remained both registered and uninsured was not\nmore than seven days. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations\ngoverning the conditions under which suspension action may be withheld\npursuant to this paragraph.\n 1-a. (a) The suspension of a registration provided in subdivision one\nof this section shall take effect on the date specified in the order of\nsuspension and shall remain in effect until the registration certificate\nand number plates of the motor vehicle have been surrendered to the\ncommissioner and thereafter for a period of time equal to the time from\nthe date of termination of fi
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