A busy week is shaping up in the state's Capitol. The big news this morning is that license plate mandate the governor wanted to impose next year might not happen after all. Kaitlyn Ross reports.

ALBANY, N.Y. -- There is good news for New York drivers. A plan to issue new license plates on all vehicles is most likely not moving forward. Governor Paterson announced Sunday that he would drop his support of the plan, as long as state legislators work with him to find other ways to generate revenue.

The assembly has said they will comply and work to repeal the measure passed in April. Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos said the plan was "lame-brained".

The license plate plan had been expected to raise $129 million by requiring vehicle owners to pay $25 to buy new plates starting next year. The idea however, drew wide-spread criticism from the public. Thousands of people even signed an online petition set up by the New York State Association of County Clerks.

“All along we've said the motoring public has done their share. We have over 130 DMV offices that county clerks have across the state and the complaints have been unbelievable. Every other customer that has come through that door or getting online to sign that petition, there's no way they want to see new plates out there,” said Frank Merola, (R) Rensselaer County Clerk.

Merola and other clerks from across the state will deliver those petitions to the governor and other lawmakers Monday. They're holding a news conference later Monday morning.

The issue won’t likely make it to the floor for a vote during Monday or Tuesday's special sessions, but the governor is hoping the Senate acts on his controversial marriage equality bill.

According to our exclusive Capital Tonight survey, several senators are still either undecided or against the bill.

Paterson wants them to vote on it by the end of the year. The assembly has already passed its version of a marriage equality bill.