Bill Text: NY S00438 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the issuance of distinctive plates for members of Kiwanis International.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-10-26 - VETOED MEMO.212 [S00438 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00438-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        438--A
           Cal. No. 842
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
         committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules
         -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading,
         passed  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
         sidered, restored to third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
         of distinctive plates for members of Kiwanis International
         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 THE KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL.
    4  1. ANY MEMBER OF KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL RESIDING  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL,
    5  UPON  REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED  A  LICENSE  PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "KIWANIS
    6  INTERNATIONAL". APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE  FILED  WITH
    7  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
    8  PRESCRIBE.
    9    2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL  BE
   10  ISSUED  UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE APPLICANT
   11  IS A MEMBER OF KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL.
   12    3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   13  IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT  OF  THE  REGULAR
   14  REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE,
   15  PROVIDED,   HOWEVER,   THAT  AN  ADDITIONAL  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGE  OF
   16  TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE. PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
   17  THAT  ONE  YEAR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION FUNDS IN THE
   18  AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 438--A                           2
    1  SHALL BE ALLOCATED FROM SUCH FUNDS TO THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  OFFSET  COSTS
    2  ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    4  it shall have become a law.