90.4. Where the owner elects not to operate his motor vehicle and applies for authorization to operate it, during the 12-month period corresponding to the payment of the additional duty provided for in the first paragraph of section 31.1 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2), the value of the vehicle used for calculating the additional duty payable to obtain that authorization shall be the one used during the calculation of the latest payment of the additional duty provided for in the first paragraph of section 31.1 of that Code, without regard to the age of the vehicle on the date of the application for authorization to operate it again.