Bill Text: NY S02934 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for distinctive license plates for gold star family members; eliminates the registration fee for gold star mother and gold star family member distinctive license plates.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [S02934 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2934
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 30, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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  providing
         distinctive  license plates for gold star family members and eliminat-
         ing the registration fee for gold star mother  and  gold  star  family
         member distinctive license plates
         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, as amended by
    2  chapter 277 of the laws of 1991 and renumbered by  chapter  108  of  the
    3  laws  of  1994,  subdivision  1 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of
    4  2004 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is
    5  amended to read as follows:
    6    S 404-i. Distinctive plates for gold star mothers AND GOLD STAR  FAMI-
    7  LIES.    1.  Any gold star mother or the spouse of a gold star mother OR
    8  ANY GOLD STAR FATHER OR THE SPOUSE OF A GOLD STAR FATHER, OR  THE  WIDOW
    9  OR  WIDOWER OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER, OR ANY CHILD, STEP-CHILD, BROTH-
   10  ER, SISTER,  STEP-BROTHER,  STEP-SISTER,  OR  GRANDPARENT  OF  A  FALLEN
   11  SERVICE  MEMBER  residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a
   12  license plate bearing the words "gold star mother" OR "GOLD  STAR  FAMI-
   13  LY",  RESPECTIVELY.    If  a  distinctive plate is issued to a gold star
   14  mother OR GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBER pursuant to this  section,  additional
   15  distinctive  plates  may  be  issued for every vehicle registered in the
   16  name of the gold star mother recipient residing in  this  state  or  the
   17  spouse of such gold star mother, OR THE GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBER.  Appli-
   18  cation  for  said  license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in
   19  such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
   20    2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
   21  satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or  the  spouse  of
   22  the  applicant  is  a gold star mother OR THE APPLICANT IS ANY GOLD STAR
   23  FATHER OR THE SPOUSE OF A GOLD STAR FATHER, OR THE WIDOW OR WIDOWER OF A
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02082-01-5
       S. 2934                             2
    1  FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER, OR ANY CHILD, STEP-CHILD, BROTHER, SISTER,  STEP-
    2  BROTHER, STEP-SISTER, OR GRANDPARENT OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER.
    3    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    4  in  the  same manner as other number plates [upon payment of the regular
    5  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one  of  this  arti-
    6  cle],  provided,  however,  that  no  REGISTRATION FEE OR service charge
    7  shall be charged for such plate.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    9  have  become  a  law, provided that effective immediately, the addition,
   10  amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary  for  the
   11  implementation  of  this  act  on  its  effective date is authorized and
   12  directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.