Bill Text: NY S02538 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to distinctive license plates issued to gold star mothers; permits gold star mothers to retain one keepsake plate as a commemorative item after distinctive plates are surrendered.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-14 - referred to transportation [S02538 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02538-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2538--A
            Cal. No. 220
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, MARCHIONE, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered
          printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
          portation -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first
          and  second  report,  ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and
          delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  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  keepsake
          plates for gold star mothers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law is amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  Upon  the surrender of a set of distinctive plates issued pursuant
     4  to subdivision one of this section, the gold star mother  to  whom  such
     5  plates  were  issued shall be entitled to be issued a keepsake plate for
     6  commemorative purposes only and not for display on any motor vehicle. In
     7  the event that a gold star mother to whom distinctive plates were issued
     8  pursuant to subdivision one of this section has surrendered both  plates
     9  of the set of such distinctive plates, then the commissioner shall, upon
    10  request  of,  and at no cost to such gold star mother, issue and provide
    11  to such gold star mother one keepsake plate.  Keepsake  plates  are  for
    12  commemorative purposes only and not for display on any motor vehicle and
    13  as  such  shall  differ  in  size  from  and  cannot be mistaken for the
    14  distinctive plates issued pursuant to this section.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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