Bill Text: NY S05337 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Eliminates additional application fees and annual fees for special license plates issued to veterans of the armed forces of the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05337 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05337-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5337--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 2, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. OBERACKER, BORRELLO, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating additional fees for special license plates issued to veterans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 105 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 1-a. The commissioner may issue special number plates to applicants 5 who are members of veterans organizations in the same manner as other 6 number plates are issued pursuant to this article. Such special number 7 plates shall be issued [only] upon [(a)] payment of [a one-time service8charge of ten dollars in addition to] the regular registration fee 9 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, and [(b)] 10 submission of proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli- 11 cant is presently a member of the veterans organization for which such 12 plate is requested. Such membership shall be verified annually by the 13 applicant. Application for such plates shall be made in accordance with 14 regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect to the issuance 15 of such plates. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall 16 be deemed to supersede the provisions of section four hundred four-d, 17 four hundred four-e, four hundred four-h, four hundred four-i, four 18 hundred four-j, four hundred four-k, four hundred four-p, four hundred 19 four-aa, or four hundred four-dd of this article. 20 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 404-h of the vehicle and traffic law, as 21 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as 22 follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00619-02-1S. 5337--A 2 1 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 2 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 3 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article 4 [provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of ten5dollars shall be charged for such plate]. 6 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 404-j of the vehicle and traffic law, as 7 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 4. Fee. A special plate and registration issued pursuant to this 10 section shall be issued upon payment of the regular registration fee 11 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article [provided, howev-12er, that an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars shall be13charged for such plate]. 14 § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law, as 15 amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as 16 follows: 17 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 18 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 19 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti- 20 cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of21ten dollars shall be charged for such plate. Provided, however, that one22year after the effective date of this section funds in the amount of23five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall be24allocated from such funds to the department to offset costs associated25with the production of such license plates]. 26 § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as 27 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 28 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 29 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 30 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti- 31 cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of32ten dollars shall be charged for such plate]. 33 § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as 34 added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 35 4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 36 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 37 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article 38 [provided, however, that an additional one time service charge of ten39dollars shall be charged for such plate]. 40 § 7. Subdivision 3 of section 404-aa of the vehicle and traffic law, 41 as added by chapter 103 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as 42 follows: 43 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 44 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 45 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti- 46 cle[; provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of47ten dollars shall be charged for such plate]. 48 § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 49 the date on which it shall have become a law.
