Bill Text: NY A01761 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the issuance of special number and distinctive license plates for military service members and members of veterans organizations without payment of service charges or renewal fees.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-9)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A01761 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01761-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1761

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 20, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. COLTON, JONES, WILLIAMS, SANTABARBARA, SAYEGH,
          NORRIS, SMULLEN, McDONOUGH, DeSTEFANO,  TAGUE,  MILLER,  RA,  MIKULIN,
          LAVINE,  DICKENS,  STERN, BUTTENSCHON, DAVILA, STECK, SEAWRIGHT, CLARK
          -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  COOK,  WALSH  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
          of special number plates

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 105 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    1-a. The commissioner may  issue  special  number  and/or  distinctive
     5  license  plates  to applicants who are members of veterans organizations
     6  or active duty military members in  the  same  manner  as  other  number
     7  plates  are  issued pursuant to this article. Such special number plates
     8  or distinctive plates shall be issued only upon (a) payment of  [a  one-
     9  time service charge of ten dollars in addition to] the regular registra-
    10  tion fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, and (b)
    11  submission  of  proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli-
    12  cant is presently an active duty member or  a  member  of  the  veterans
    13  organization  for  which such plate is requested. No additional fees for
    14  customization of such plates shall be required. Such membership shall be
    15  verified annually by the applicant. Application for such plates shall be
    16  made in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner with
    17  respect to the issuance of such plates. Provided, however, that  nothing
    18  contained  herein shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of section
    19  four hundred four-d, four hundred  four-e,  four  hundred  four-h,  four
    20  hundred  four-i,  four hundred four-j, four hundred four-k, four hundred
    21  four-p, four hundred four-aa, or four hundred four-dd of this article.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05117-01-3
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     1    § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 401 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph c-1 to read as follows:
     3    c-1. The provisions of this subdivision with respect to the payment of
     4  registration  renewal  fees shall not apply to a motor vehicle registra-
     5  tion renewed by an active duty military member or a qualified veteran. A
     6  qualified veteran is an individual who served  on  active  duty  in  the
     7  United  States  army,  navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard or the
     8  reserves thereof, or who served in active military service of the United
     9  States as a member of the army national guard, air national  guard,  New
    10  York  guard or New York naval militia; who was released from active duty
    11  by general or honorable discharge.
    12    § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 404-h of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    13  amended by chapter 415 of the laws  of  2001,  is  amended  to  read  as
    14  follows:
    15    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    16  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
    17  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article
    18  provided,  however,  that [an additional one-time] no service charge [of
    19  ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate.
    20    § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 404-j of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    21  amended by chapter 415 of the laws  of  2001,  is  amended  to  read  as
    22  follows:
    23    4.  Fee.  A  special  plate  and  registration issued pursuant to this
    24  section shall be issued upon payment of  the  regular  registration  fee
    25  prescribed  by section four hundred one of this article provided, howev-
    26  er, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of  ten  dollars]
    27  shall be charged for such plate.
    28    § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    29  amended  by  chapter  490  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
    30  follows:
    31    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    32  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    33  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
    34  provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of
    35  ten  dollars]  shall be charged for such plate. [Provided, however, that
    36  one year after the effective date of this section funds in the amount of
    37  five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall  be
    38  allocated  from  such funds to the department to offset costs associated
    39  with the production of such license plates.]
    40    § 6. Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    41  added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    42    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    43  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    44  registration  fee  prescribed  by  section four hundred of this article,
    45  provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of
    46  ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate.
    47    § 7. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 404-w of the vehicle and  traffic
    48  law, as added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as
    49  follows:
    50    4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    51  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
    52  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article
    53  provided, however, that [an] no additional [one time] service charge [of
    54  ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate.
    55    [5.  Nothing  contained herein shall require the issuance of a special
    56  number plate under this section unless  the  commissioner  is  satisfied
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     1  that  the  aggregate amount of annual service charges collected pursuant
     2  to subdivision four of this section will be sufficient  to  recover  the
     3  costs of the design and manufacture of such special plates.]
     4    §  8.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-aa of the vehicle and traffic law,
     5  as added by chapter 103 of the laws of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
     6  follows:
     7    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
     8  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
     9  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article;
    10  provided, however, that [an]  no additional  [one-time]  service  charge
    11  [of ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate.
    12    § 9. Subdivision 3 of section 404-d of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    13  amended  by  chapter  415  of  the  laws  of 2001, is amended to read as
    14  follows:
    15    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    16  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    17  registration  fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article
    18  provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of
    19  ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate.
    20    § 10. Subdivision 3 of section 404-k of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
    21  as  amended  by  chapter  415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
    22  follows:
    23    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    24  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    25  registration  fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article
    26  provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of
    27  ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate.
    28    § 11. Subdivision 3 of section 404-i of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
    29  as  amended  by  chapter  486 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
    30  follows:
    31    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    32  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    33  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
    34  provided,  however,  that  no  service  charge  or renewal fees shall be
    35  charged for such plate.
    36    § 12. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall
    37  have become a law.