Bill Text: NY S03426 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Restricts "Survivors of the Shield" license plate issuance to those approved by Survivors of the Shield, Inc., a registered New York not-for-profit organization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-29 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S03426 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03426-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3426
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 6, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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  authorizing
          the creation of "Survivors of the Shield" license plates
          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-ff to read as follows:
     3    § 404-ff. Survivors of the shield license plates. 1. Any person resid-
     4  ing  in  this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive license
     5  plate of a design developed and approved by the commissioner bearing the
     6  phrase "Survivors of the Shield". Application  for  said  license  plate
     7  shall  be  filed  with  the  commissioner in such form and detail as the
     8  commissioner shall prescribe.
     9    2. A survivors of the shield distinctive plate shall only be issued to
    10  a person upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,  of  approval  of
    11  such  issuance  from  the organization "Survivors of the Shield Inc.", a
    12  New York state registered not-for-profit.
    13    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    14  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    15  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article;
    16  provided,  however,  that  an  additional  service charge of ten dollars
    17  shall be charged upon issuance of such  plates;  and  provided  further,
    18  however, that for the parent, spouse or child of the fallen officer, the
    19  annual  renewal  fee  for  this  distinctive plate shall be equal to the
    20  regular renewal fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti-
    21  cle and no additional annual service charge shall be  charged  for  such
    22  plates.
    23    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately.  Effective immediately,
    24  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    25  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    26  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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