Bill Text: NY S03009 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients; removes the word "congressional" from distinctive plates; provides for the reissuance of plates to persons assigned distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-03 - referred to transportation [S03009 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S03009-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3009 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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 distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 404-p of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by 2 chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 415 3 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: 4 S 404-p. Distinctive plates for [congressional] medal of honor recipi- 5 ents. 1. Any [congressional] medal of honor recipient residing in this 6 state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words 7 "[congressional] medal of honor". Application for said license plate 8 shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the 9 commissioner shall prescribe. 10 2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof, 11 satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant is a [congression- 12 al] medal of honor recipient. 13 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 14 in the same manner as other number plates, provided, however, that no 15 registration fee or service charge shall be charged for such plate. 16 S 2. Distinctive plates issued pursuant to section 404-p of the vehi- 17 cle and traffic law prior to the amendment of such section made by 18 section one of this act shall be reissued to any person assigned such 19 plate. No fee or service charge shall be charged for the reissuance of 20 such plate. 21 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08259-01-3