Bill Text: NY A06237 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 6237 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients; removes the word "congressional" from distinctive plates; provides for the reissuance of plates to persons assigned distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A06237 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06237-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6237--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 18, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SCHIMMINGER, PEOPLES-STOKES, KEARNS, GUNTHER,
         MILLER, MAGNARELLI, COLTON, ROBERTS, SANTABARBARA, COOK -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,  ARROYO,  GALEF,  MAGEE,  MARKEY,  PERRY,
         THIELE -- 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  distinctive
         plates for medal of honor recipients
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 404-p of the vehicle and traffic law, as  added  by
    2  chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 415
    3  of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
    4    S 404-p. Distinctive plates for [congressional] medal of honor recipi-
    5  ents.  1.  Any [congressional] medal of honor recipient residing in this
    6  state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing  the  words
    7  "[congressional]  medal  of  honor".  Application for said license plate
    8  shall be filed with the commissioner in such  form  and  detail  as  the
    9  commissioner shall prescribe.
   10    2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
   11  satisfactory  to the commissioner, that the applicant is a [congression-
   12  al] medal of honor recipient.
   13    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
   14  in the same manner as other number plates, provided,  however,  that  no
   15  registration fee or service charge shall be charged for such plate.
   16    S  2. Distinctive plates issued pursuant to section 404-p of the vehi-
   17  cle and traffic law prior to the  amendment  of  such  section  made  by
   18  section  one  of  this act shall be reissued to any person assigned such
   19  plate upon such person's request. No fee  or  service  charge  shall  be
   20  charged  for  the  reissuance  of  such  plate.  Provided, however, that
   21  notwithstanding the provisions of  section  one  of  this  act,  nothing
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02816-02-5
       A. 6237--A                          2
    1  contained in this act shall be deemed to invalidate "Congressional Medal
    2  of  Honor" distinctive license plates issued prior to the effective date
    3  of this act.
    4    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    5  it shall have become a law.