Bill Text: NY A05801 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates for former members of the New York state legislature; provides that a portion of the fees for such plates shall be deposited into a special fund to benefit environmental protection projects.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - enacting clause stricken [A05801 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05801-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5801
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 1, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TOWNS, CASTRO, DenDEKKER, BURLING, BOYLAND --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state  finance  law,
         in  relation  to  authorizing  distinctive  license  plates for former
         members of the New York state legislature
         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 "FORMER MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE"
    4  LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY FORMER MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK  STATE  LEGISLATURE
    5  RESIDING  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL  UPON  REQUEST  BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
    6  LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "FORMER MEMBER OF  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
    7  LEGISLATURE".  APPLICATION  FOR  SAID LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE FILED WITH
    8  THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
    9  PRESCRIBE.
   10    2.  ANY  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
   11  ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
   12  REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS
   13  ARTICLE  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
   14  TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE. TWENTY  DOLLARS  OF
   15  EACH SUCH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO
   16  THE CREDIT OF THE "FORMER MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TRUST
   17  FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-T OF THE STATE FINANCE
   18  LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PURPOSES AS SET FORTH
   19  IN  SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  SECTION NINETY-TWO-S OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   20  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE  YEAR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
   21  SECTION, FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THERE-
   22  OF  AS  MAY BE AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET
   23  COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06532-01-1
       A. 5801                             2
    1    S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-t  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 99-T. FORMER MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TRUST FUND. 1.
    4  THERE  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
    5  TAXATION AND FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN  AS
    6  THE "FORMER MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TRUST FUND".
    7    2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
    8  PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
    9  AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM
   10  ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO  LAW.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
   11  SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
   12  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING
   13  THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   14    3. MONIES OF  THE  FUND  SHALL  BE  EXPENDED  ONLY  FOR  ENVIRONMENTAL
   15  PROTECTION   PURPOSES  AS  SET  FORTH  IN  SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  SECTION
   16  NINETY-TWO-S OF THIS ARTICLE.
   17    4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
   18  THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
   19  OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
   20    5. TO  THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL
   21  CONSERVATION  SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR
   22  ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   23    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   24  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   25  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   26  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
   27  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   28  effective date.