Bill Text: NY S01485 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates bearing the words "Cure Childhood Cancer"; provides for the annual service charge to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund and the excess of six thousand dollars to be deposited to the credit of the cure childhood cancer trust fund; establishes the "cure childhood cancer trust fund".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1683A [S01485 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 1485                                                  A. 1683
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  LAVALLE, LARKIN -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Transportation
       IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
         the  issuance  of  license  plates  bearing  the words "Cure Childhood
         Cancer" and to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establish-
         ing the cure childhood cancer trust fund
         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  "CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER" PLATES. 1.  ANY PERSON
    4  RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE  PLATE
    5  BEARING  THE WORDS "CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER".  APPLICATION FOR SUCH PLATES
    6  SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE
    7  COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
    8    2.  ANY  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
    9  ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
   10  REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS
   11  ARTICLE  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
   12  TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE  CHARGED  FOR  SUCH  PLATE.    SUCH  ANNUAL
   13  SERVICE  CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
   14  FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT  OF
   15  MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
   16  NINETY-FIVE-G  OF  THE  STATE  FINANCE  LAW,  AND  SHALL BE USED FOR THE
   17  PRODUCTION, DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND  MARKETING  OF  DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE
   18  PLATES  PURSUANT  TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
   19  ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00872-01-5
       S. 1485                             2                            A. 1683
    1  BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE "CURE  CHILDHOOD  CANCER  TRUST  FUND"
    2  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-W OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW
    3  AND SHALL BE USED FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH AND  EDUCATION  PROJECTS
    4  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF HEALTH OR TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO STATE
    5  UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS  OR  UNIVERSITY  HOSPITALS
    6  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  RESEARCHING  AND  PROMOTING  A CURE FOR CHILDHOOD
    7  CANCER, PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-NINE-W.
    8    S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-w  to
    9  read as follows:
   10    S  99-W.  CURE  CHILDHOOD CANCER TRUST FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
   11  LISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND  FINANCE
   12  AND  THE  COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "CURE CHILDHOOD
   13  CANCER TRUST FUND".
   14    2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
   15  PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
   16  AND  ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM
   17  ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO  LAW.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
   18  SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
   19  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING
   20  THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   21    3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE  EXPENDED  ONLY  FOR  CHILDHOOD  CANCER
   22  RESEARCH  AND EDUCATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,
   23  OR TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO STATE UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  HEALTH  SCIENCE
   24  CENTERS  OR  UNIVERSITY  HOSPITALS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF RESEARCHING AND
   25  PROMOTING A CURE FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER.
   26    4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
   27  THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
   28  OF HEALTH.
   29    5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL  ENSURE
   30  THAT  ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE
   31  END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   32    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   33  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   34  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   35  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
   36  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   37  effective date.