Bill Text: NY A07519 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to issue "Jamaican bobsled team" distinctive plates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A07519 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07519-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7519
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
         a distinctive "Jamaican bobsled team" number plate
         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 "JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM"  NUMBER  PLATES.  1.  ANY
    4  PERSON  RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINC-
    5  TIVE "JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM" NUMBER PLATE  OF  A  DESIGN  DEVELOPED  AND
    6  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER, IN COOPERATION WITH THE JAMAICA BOBSLED
    7  FOUNDATION.  APPLICATION FOR SUCH NUMBER SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMIS-
    8  SIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
    9    2. A DISTINCTIVE "JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM" NUMBER PLATE ISSUED  PURSUANT
   10  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  ISSUED  IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER
   11  PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR REGISTRATION  FEE  PRESCRIBED  BY
   12  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  ONE  OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN
   13  ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED
   14  FOR SUCH PLATE.  SUCH ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED  PURSUANT
   15  TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE
   16  CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT
   17  FUND  ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AND
   18  SHALL BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION, DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND  MARKETING  OF
   19  DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE  PLATES  PURSUANT  TO  SUCH  SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G;
   20  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED  IN  EXCESS  OF
   21  SIX  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  SHALL  BE  PAID  BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER TO THE
   22  JAMAICA BOBSLED FOUNDATION.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10047-01-5