Bill Text: NY A06236 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating additional fees for special license plates issued to veterans
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to transportation [A06236 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A06236-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6236
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 26, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRA, BURLING, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
tation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating
additional fees for special license plates issued to veterans
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle and
2 traffic law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994
3 and subdivision 1-a as added by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, are
4 amended to read as follows:
5 1. The commissioner may issue special number plates to applicants
6 therefor in the same manner as other number plates are issued pursuant
7 to this article. Such special number plates shall be issued only upon
8 payment of an annual service charge of twenty-five dollars in addition
9 to the regular fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this [chap-
10 ter] ARTICLE. Application for special number plates shall be made in
11 accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect
12 to issuance of such number plates. Provided, however, in lieu of the
13 annual fee specified herein, the commissioner may establish specific
14 categories of plates for which an annual fee of not less than fifteen
15 dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars may be charged subject to the
16 approval of the director of the division of the budget. NOTWITHSTANDING
17 ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,
18 ANY REGISTRATION AND SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES ISSUED TO A PERSON AS A
19 RESULT OF SUCH PERSON'S SERVICE IN A BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
20 UNITED STATES SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED ONLY BY THE REQUIRED FEE OTHERWISE
21 REQUIRED TO BE PAID FOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
22 1-a. The commissioner may issue special number plates to applicants
23 who are members of veterans organizations in the same manner as other
24 number plates are issued pursuant to this article. Such special number
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 plates shall be issued only upon [(a) payment of a one-time service
2 charge of ten dollars in addition to the regular registration fee
3 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, and (b)]
4 submission of proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli-
5 cant is presently a member of the veterans organization for which such
6 plate is requested. Such membership shall be verified annually by the
7 applicant. Application for such plates shall be made in accordance with
8 regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect to the issuance
9 of such plates. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall
10 be deemed to supersede the provisions of section four hundred four-d,
11 four hundred four-e, four hundred four-h, four hundred four-i, four
12 hundred four-j, four hundred four-k or four hundred four-p of this arti-
13 cle.
14 S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 404-h of the vehicle and traffic law, as
15 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
16 follows:
17 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
18 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
19 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article
20 [provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of ten
21 dollars shall be charged for such plate].
22 S 3. Subdivision 4 of section 404-j of the vehicle and traffic law, as
23 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
24 follows:
25 4. Fee. A special plate and registration issued pursuant to this
26 section shall be issued upon payment of the regular registration fee
27 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article [provided, howev-
28 er, that an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars shall be
29 charged for such plate].
30 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
