Bill Text: NY A04603 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 4603 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Waives certain fees for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates for certain first responders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A04603 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04603-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4603--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on  Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  waiving
          certain  fees  for  distinctive  "September eleventh, two thousand one
          remembrance" license plates for certain first responders

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

     1    Section  1. Section 404-ee of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
     2  chapter 224 of the laws of 2018, is amended by adding a new  subdivision
     3  4 to read as follows:
     4    4.  (a)  Notwithstanding  subdivision two of this section and the fees
     5  prescribed or permitted by section four hundred  one  of  this  article,
     6  there  shall be no charge for the issuance of a number plate pursuant to
     7  this section to a person who  sustained  a  permanent  disability  as  a
     8  result  of  his  or  her  participation  in  the  rescue effort that was
     9  conducted in response to the World  Trade  Center  attack  on  September
    10  eleventh, two thousand one, or to the spouse of a person who sustained a
    11  permanent disability or died as a result of such rescue effort. Further-
    12  more, upon the issuance of a distinctive plate pursuant to this section,
    13  such person shall be exempt from the payment of any fees relating to the
    14  registration  or  renewal  thereof as prescribed by section four hundred
    15  one of this article.
    16    (b) The fees authorized pursuant to this section shall be waived  only
    17  upon  proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or the
    18  spouse of the applicant is eligible for such waiver of fees.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    20  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    21  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    22  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    23  on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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