If application is made for the registration of a motor vehicle, other than a passenger automobile or motorcycle, or for the registration of a commercial motor or motor-drawn vehicle, or an omnibus, on or after October 1 in a registration year beginning April 1 and ending the following March 31, the applicant shall pay only one-half of the registration fee provided for in the class to which such vehicle belongs.

L.1973, c. 90, s. 1, eff. April 24, 1973. Amended by L.1975, c. 180, s. 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1976; L.1977, c. 51, s. 2.