Bill Text: NY A00474 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates for African-American veterans; provides that such distinctive license plates shall bear the words "African-American Veteran"; provides for a one-time service charge of $10 for each such plate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A00474 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A00474-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          474
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GIBSON, ROBINSON, BOYLAND, CASTRO -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A.  AUBRY, HOOPER, PHEFFER, WEISENBERG -- read  once
         and referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to issuing
         distinctive license plates for African-American veterans
         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 PLATES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN  VETERANS.  1.    ANY
    4  AFRICAN-AMERICAN  WHO  IS A VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
    5  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND WHO RESIDES IN THIS  STATE  SHALL,  UPON
    6  REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "AFRICAN-AMERICAN
    7  VETERAN".  APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE  FILED  WITH  THE
    8  COMMISSIONER   IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
    9  PRESCRIBE.
   10    2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED HEREIN SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF,
   11  SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE APPLICANT IS A VETERAN.
   12    3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   13  IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT  OF  THE  REGULAR
   14  REGISTRATION  FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE
   15  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME  SERVICE  CHARGE  OF  TEN
   16  DOLLARS  SHALL  BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.  SUCH SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE
   17  DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO  OF
   18  THIS  ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINC-
   19  TIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G OF  THE
   20  STATE  FINANCE LAW, AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION, DESIGN, ADVER-
   21  TISING AND MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE  PLATES  PURSUANT  TO  SUCH
   22  SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G.
   23    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   24  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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