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                                         5408
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  fees  and
         charges for distinctive plates for purple heart recipients
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 404-e of the vehicle  and  traffic
    2  law,  as  amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
    3  as follows:
    4    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    5  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    6  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
    7  provided,  however,  that  no  service  charge shall be charged for such
    8  plate, AND THE FEES PRESCRIBED BY  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  FOUR
    9  HUNDRED  ONE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT
   10  WHO INITIALLY RECEIVES A NUMBER PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  AND  IS
   11  SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   12    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   13  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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