Bill Text: NY A10467 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows for distinctive plates to be issued for members of the New York city fire riders motorcycle club.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-29 - referred to transportation [A10467 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10467-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10467
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 29, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating
         distinctive plates for the New York city fire riders motorcycle club
         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 NEW YORK CITY FIRE  RIDERS  MOTORCYCLE
    4  CLUB.  1.  ANY  MEMBER  OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB
    5  SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING  THE  WORDS  "NYC
    6  FIRE RIDERS". APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
    7  COMMISSIONER   IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
    8  PRESCRIBE.
    9    2. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION
   10  SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE
   11  APPLICANT IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
   12    3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE
   13  RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS A  RESIDENT  OF  THIS
   14  STATE, WHO IS AN ACTIVE OR RETIRED UNIFORMED MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY
   15  FIRE  DEPARTMENT AND WHO HOLDS AN ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IN THE NEW YORK CITY
   16  FIRE RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
   17    4. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   18  IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE  REGU-
   19  LAR  REGISTRATION  FEE  PRESCRIBED  BY  SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
   20  ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE  OF
   21  FIFTEEN DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.
   22    5. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A DISTINCTIVE
   23  NUMBER  PLATE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER IS SATISFIED
   24  THAT THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES  COLLECTED  PURSUANT
   25  TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF THIS SECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO RECOVER THE
   26  COSTS OF THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SUCH DISTINCTIVE  PLATES.    SUCH
   27  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
   28  SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF  THIS  CHAPTER  TO  THE  CREDIT  OF  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04605-01-1
       A. 10467                            2
    1  DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTAB-
    2  LISHED BY SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW  AND  SHALL  BE
    3  USED  FOR  THE PRODUCTION, DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND MARKETING OF DISTINC-
    4  TIVE LICENSE PLATES PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.