Bill Text: NY A04993 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes distinctive "New York funeral director" license places with proceeds to be deposited in the "department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A04993 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04993-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4993
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. FINCH, BARCLAY, MONTESANO, OAKS, RAIA -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A. KATZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
         distinctive "New York state funeral director" license plates
         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 "NEW YORK FUNERAL DIRECTOR" LICENSE PLATES.    1.
    4  ANY  RESIDENT  OF  NEW  YORK  STATE WHO CURRENTLY HOLDS A VALID NEW YORK
    5  STATE LICENSE TO PRACTICE FUNERAL DIRECTING, EMBALMING, OR  UNDERTAKING,
    6  SHALL,  UPON  REQUEST  BE  ISSUED  A DISTINCTIVE "NEW YORK STATE FUNERAL
    7  DIRECTOR" LICENSE PLATE DESIGNED WITH  A  WHITE  BACKGROUND  AND  PURPLE
    8  NUMBERS  AND/OR  LETTERING PRINTED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PLATE.  APPLICA-
    9  TION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE FILED  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN
   10  SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   11    2.  ANY  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
   12  ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
   13  REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS
   14  ARTICLE  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
   15  TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE. SUCH ANNUAL SERVICE
   16  CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  FOUR
   17  HUNDRED  FOUR-OO  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  TO THE CREDIT OF THE "DEPARTMENT OF
   18  MOTOR  VEHICLES  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  DEVELOPMENT  FUND"  ESTABLISHED  BY
   19  SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   21  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
   22  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   23  tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on  or
   24  before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08562-01-5