Bill Text: NY A05573 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to distinctive license plates issued to gold star mothers; permits gold star mothers to retain one keepsake plate as a commemorative item after distinctive plates are surrendered.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A05573 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A05573-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5573--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, MOSLEY, GUNTHER, COLTON, HOOPER, WALKER, SKOUFIS, SIMANOWITZ, McDONALD, SCHIMMINGER, COOK, ORTIZ, D'URSO, BRAUNSTEIN, RA, McDONOUGH, RAIA, McLAUGHLIN, WALSH, CASTORINA, LUPI- NACCI, GIGLIO, STEC, McKEVITT, DiPIETRO, ABBATE, GALEF, JENNE, BLAKE, JONES, GJONAJ, LAWRENCE, BRABENEC, BLANKENBUSH, GRAF, HAWLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, THIELE, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee 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 keepsake plates for gold star mothers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Upon the surrender of a set of distinctive plates issued pursuant 4 to subdivision one of this section, the gold star mother to whom such 5 plates were issued shall be entitled to be issued a keepsake plate for 6 commemorative purposes only and not for display on any motor vehicle. In 7 the event that a gold star mother to whom distinctive plates were issued 8 pursuant to subdivision one of this section has surrendered both plates 9 of the set of such distinctive plates, then the commissioner shall, upon 10 request of, and at no cost to such gold star mother, issue and provide 11 to such gold star mother one keepsake plate. Keepsake plates are for 12 commemorative purposes only and not for display on any motor vehicle and 13 as such shall differ in size from and cannot be mistaken for the 14 distinctive plates issued pursuant to this section. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02241-03-7