Bill Text: NY A04151 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A04151 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A04151-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4151 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, JONES, WILLIAMS, SANTABARBARA, ENGLE- BRIGHT, SAYEGH, GRIFFIN, NORRIS, SMULLEN, McDONOUGH, DeSTEFANO, TAGUE, B. MILLER, RA, MIKULIN, ASHBY, LAVINE, DICKENS, STERN -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. COOK, M. MILLER, 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-9time 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. LBD05620-01-1A. 4151 2 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 [of19ten 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 added by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 30 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 31 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 32 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, 33 provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of34ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate. [Provided, however, that35one year after the effective date of this section funds in the amount of36five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall be37allocated from such funds to the department to offset costs associated38with the production of such license plates.] 39 § 6. Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as 40 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 41 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 42 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 43 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred of this article, 44 provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of45ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate. 46 § 7. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic 47 law, as added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as 48 follows: 49 4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 50 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 51 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article 52 provided, however, that [an] no additional [one time] service charge [of53ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate. 54 [5. Nothing contained herein shall require the issuance of a special55number plate under this section unless the commissioner is satisfied56that the aggregate amount of annual service charges collected pursuantA. 4151 3 1to subdivision four of this section will be sufficient to recover the2costs of the design and manufacture of such special plates.] 3 § 8. Subdivision 3 of section 404-aa of the vehicle and traffic law, 4 as added by chapter 103 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 7 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 8 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article; 9 provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge 10 [of ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate. 11 § 9. Subdivision 3 of section 404-d of the vehicle and traffic law, as 12 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 15 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 16 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article 17 provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of18ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate. 19 § 10. Subdivision 3 of section 404-k of the vehicle and traffic law, 20 as amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 23 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 24 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article 25 provided, however, that [an] no additional [one-time] service charge [of26ten dollars] shall be charged for such plate. 27 § 11. Subdivision 3 of section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law, 28 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 31 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 32 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, 33 provided, however, that no service charge or renewal fees shall be 34 charged for such plate. 35 § 12. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 36 have become a law.
