Bill Text: NY A00168 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the issuance of "Cure Parkinson's Disease" license plates and establishes the Cure Parkinson's disease trust fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A00168 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00168-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 366                                                    A. 168
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
         tion
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
         to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
         of  distinctive  plates  bearing the words "Cure Parkinson's Disease",
         and to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  establishing  the
         "Cure Parkinson's Disease Trust Fund"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 404-x to read as follows:
    3    S  404-X.  DISTINCTIVE  "CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE" LICENSE PLATES.  1.
    4  ANY PERSON RESIDING IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL  UPON  REQUEST  BE  ISSUED  A
    5  DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE".
    6  APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE  COMMISSIONER
    7  IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
    8    2.  ANY  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
    9  ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
   10  REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS
   11  ARTICLE  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
   12  TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE. TWENTY  DOLLARS  OF
   13  EACH SUCH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO
   14  THE CREDIT OF THE CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED PURSU-
   15  ANT  TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-W OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED
   16  BY NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH HOSPITALS  FOR
   17  RESEARCH  AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   18  PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THIS SECTION  SHALL  TAKE  EFFECT,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02391-01-5
       S. 366                              2                             A. 168
    1  FUNDS  IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY
    2  BE AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSO-
    3  CIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
    4    S 2. Section 508 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
    5  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    6    6.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  DIRECTED TO DEVELOP LICENSE APPLICATION AND
    7  RENEWAL FORMS WHICH SHALL SOLICIT A VOLUNTARY ONE DOLLAR  DONATION  FROM
    8  PERSONS  APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING A DRIVER'S LICENSE AT THE TIME OF SUCH
    9  APPLICATION OR RENEWAL. ANY MONEYS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SUBDIVI-
   10  SION  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED  IN  THE  CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE TRUST FUND
   11  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-W OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   12    S 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-w  to
   13  read as follows:
   14    S 99-W. CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE TRUST FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
   15  LISHED  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
   16  AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "CURE PARKINSON'S
   17  DISEASE TRUST FUND".
   18    2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
   19  PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
   20  AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM
   21  ANY  OTHER  FUND  OR  SOURCE  PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS
   22  SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
   23  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION  AND  DEPOSITING
   24  THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   25    3.  MONIES  OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE
   26  RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,
   27  OR  TO  PROVIDE  GRANTS TO NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY PARKINSON'S DISEASE
   28  RESEARCH HOSPITALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESEARCHING AND PROMOTING  A  CURE
   29  FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
   30    4.  MONIES  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
   31  THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
   32  OF HEALTH.
   33    5.  TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL ENSURE
   34  THAT ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO  THE
   35  END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   36    S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   37  it  shall have become a law provided, however, that the addition, amend-
   38  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   39  tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to  be  made  and
   40  completed on or before such date.