Bill Text: NY A09635 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to distinctive license plates for society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-28 - referred to transportation [A09635 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09635-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9635

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 28, 2020
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  distinctive
          license  plates  for  society for the prevention of cruelty to animals
          officers

          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-ff to read as follows:
     3    § 404-ff. Distinctive plates for society for the prevention of cruelty
     4  to animals officers. 1. Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals
     5  officers in this state or the spouse of  any  such  member  shall,  upon
     6  request,  be  issued a license plate bearing the letters "S.P.C.A". If a
     7  distinctive plate is issued to any such member pursuant to this section,
     8  such a distinctive plate shall not be  issued  to  the  spouse  of  such
     9  member.  Application  for  such  license  plate  shall be filed with the
    10  commissioner  in  such  form  and  detail  as  the  commissioner   shall
    11  prescribe, and shall be verified annually by the applicant.
    12    2. The distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this section
    13  shall  be  issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the
    14  applicant or the spouse of the applicant is presently a society for  the
    15  prevention of cruelty to animals officers.
    16    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    17  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
    18  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article
    19  and an initial one time service charge of fifteen dollars.
    20    §  2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
    21  the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and  issued
    22  upon  the  delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond
    23  in the amount of $6,000, which shall be executed  by  a  surety  company
    24  authorized  by the department of financial services to transact business
    25  in this state.  Provided, however, that if  the  commissioner  of  motor
    26  vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, production and issu-
    27  ance  at  least  200 orders for such distinctive plate together with the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  additional annual service charge applicable to each  such  order,  which
     2  shall  be  non-refundable,  no  such  surety bond shall be required. All
     3  service charges collected pursuant to this section  shall  be  deposited
     4  pursuant  to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic
     5  law to the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive  plate
     6  development  fund  established  by section 95-g of the state finance law
     7  and shall be used for the design, production, advertising  and  distrib-
     8  ution  of  distinctive  license  plates  in accordance with such section
     9  95-g.
    10    2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon  which
    11  distinctive  plates  in  the series are first available for sale, 200 or
    12  more sets of such plates are sold, a bond  delivered  pursuant  to  this
    13  section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are
    14  sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles shall be entitled to
    15  recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    17  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    20  completed on or before such effective date.