Bill Text: NY A10587 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates to members of a community emergency response team.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-08 - referred to transportation [A10587 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A10587-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10587
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 8, 2010
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMEL,  McKEVITT,  GOTTFRIED, SCHIMMINGER,
         DenDEKKER, COLTON,  MILLMAN,  STIRPE,  TITONE,  KOON,  TITUS,  JAFFEE,
         ROSENTHAL,  CARROZZA,  CASTRO, SALADINO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A. ABBATE,  BOYLAND,  BURLING,  CALHOUN,  CONTE,  GABRYSZAK,  GUNTHER,
         JEFFRIES,  MAYERSOHN,  McENENY,  ORTIZ,  REILLY, SCARBOROUGH, SWEENEY,
         WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Transporta-
         tion
       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
         the issuance of distinctive license plates to members of  a  community
         emergency response team
         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  MEMBERS  OF A COMMUNITY EMERGENCY
    4  RESPONSE TEAM.  1. ANY MEMBER OF A  COMMUNITY  EMERGENCY  RESPONSE  TEAM
    5  SHALL,  UPON  REQUEST,  BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE EMBLEM AND
    6  WORDS "C.E.R.T. MEMBER."  APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE  PLATE  SHALL  BE
    7  FILED  WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER
    8  SHALL PRESCRIBE, AND SHALL BE VERIFIED ANNUALLY BY THE APPLICANT.
    9    2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
   10  SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER,  THAT  THE
   11  APPLICANT  IS  PRESENTLY  AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER  OF  A  COMMUNITY EMERGENCY
   12  RESPONSE TEAM.
   13    3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   14  IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT  OF  THE  REGULAR
   15  REGISTRATION  FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE
   16  AND AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
   17    4. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE  OF  A  SPECIAL
   18  NUMBER  PLATE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER IS SATISFIED
   19  THAT THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES  COLLECTED  PURSUANT
   20  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE OF THIS SECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO RECOVER THE
   21  COSTS OF THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SUCH SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15584-01-0
       A. 10587                            2
    1    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
    2  the  date on which it shall have become a law, except that any rules and
    3  regulations necessary for the timely implementation of this act  on  its
    4  effective date shall be promulgated on or before such date.