Bill Text: NY S00958 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 958 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes a gold star father distinctive number plate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00958 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00958-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           958
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  CROCI,  DeFRANCISCO,  GALLIVAN,  HANNON,  LARKIN,
          MARCHIONE, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
          to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
          distinctive number plates for gold star fathers
          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-ii to read as follows:
     3    §  404-ii.  Distinctive plates for gold star fathers. 1. Any gold star
     4  father or the spouse of a gold star father residing in this state shall,
     5  upon request, be issued a license plate bearing  the  words  "gold  star
     6  father". If a distinctive plate is issued to a gold star father pursuant
     7  to  this  section, additional distinctive plates may be issued for every
     8  vehicle registered in the name of the gold star father recipient  resid-
     9  ing  in  this state or the spouse of such gold star father.  Application
    10  for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form
    11  and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
    12    2. The distinctive plate authorized pursuant to this section shall  be
    13  issued  upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant
    14  or the spouse of the applicant is a gold star father.
    15    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    16  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    17  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
    18  provided,  however,  that  no  service  charge shall be charged for such
    19  plate.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    21  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01742-01-7