Bill Text: NY A06940 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of distinctive plates for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A06940 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06940-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6940
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
         of distinctive  plates  for  veterans  of  the  Iraq  and  Afghanistan
         conflicts
         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 PLATES FOR VETERANS OF THE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
    4  CONFLICTS. 1. ANY IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT VETERAN OR THE SPOUSE OF
    5  ANY SUCH VETERAN SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE  BEARING
    6  THE  WORDS  "IRAQ  AND  AFGHANISTAN  CONFLICT VETERAN". IF A DISTINCTIVE
    7  PLATE IS ISSUED TO A VETERAN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SUCH  A  DISTINC-
    8  TIVE  PLATE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSE OF SUCH VETERAN.  APPLICA-
    9  TION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH
   10  FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   11    2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
   12  SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER,  THAT  THE
   13  APPLICANT  OR  THE  SPOUSE  OF  THE APPLICANT IS AN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
   14  CONFLICT VETERAN.
   15    3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "IRAQ  AND  AFGHANISTAN  CONFLICT
   16  VETERAN" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, WHO SERVED
   17  IN  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  IN THE HOSTILITIES THAT
   18  OCCURRED IN IRAQ COMMENCING ON THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND
   19  THREE AND IN AFGHANISTAN COMMENCING THE SEVENTH DAY OF  OCTOBER  IN  TWO
   20  THOUSAND ONE, AND WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY.
   21    4. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   22  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR
   23  REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  ARTICLE
   24  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  ADDITIONAL ONE TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TEN
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10635-01-1
       A. 6940                             2
    1  DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH  PLATE.  SUCH  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGE
    2  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED  PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
    3  FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF  MOTOR  VEHI-
    4  CLES   DISTINCTIVE   PLATE   DEVELOPMENT  FUND  ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION
    5  NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE  FINANCE  LAW  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  THE
    6  PRODUCTION,  DESIGN,  ADVERTISING  AND  MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE
    7  PLATES PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G.
    8    5. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE  OF  A  SPECIAL
    9  NUMBER  PLATE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER IS SATISFIED
   10  THAT THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES  COLLECTED  PURSUANT
   11  TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF THIS SECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO RECOVER THE
   12  COSTS OF THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SUCH SPECIAL PLATES.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
   14  the date on which it shall have become a law.