Bill Text: NY S05434 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-04 - referred to transportation [S05434 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05434-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5434--A
            Cal. No. 1101
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 28, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  AKSHAR, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
          portation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accord-
          ance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  -- reported favorably from said
          committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported favor-
          ably from said committee, ordered to first report,  amended  on  first
          report,  ordered  to  a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining
          its place in the order of second report
        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 service
     8  charge 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.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10518-02-8
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     1    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 404-h of the vehicle and traffic law, as
     2  amended by chapter 415 of the laws  of  2001,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
     5  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
     6  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article
     7  [provided,  however,  that  an additional one-time service charge of ten
     8  dollars shall be charged for such plate].
     9    § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 404-j of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    10  amended by chapter 415 of the laws  of  2001,  is  amended  to  read  as
    11  follows:
    12    4.  Fee.  A  special  plate  and  registration issued pursuant to this
    13  section shall be issued upon payment of  the  regular  registration  fee
    14  prescribed by section four hundred one of this article [provided, howev-
    15  er,  that  an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars shall be
    16  charged for such plate].
    17    § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    18  added by chapter 389 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
    19    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    20  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    21  registration  fee  prescribed  by section four hundred one of this arti-
    22  cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service  charge  of
    23  ten dollars shall be charged for such plate. Provided, however, that one
    24  year  after  the  effective  date of this section funds in the amount of
    25  five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall  be
    26  allocated  from  such funds to the department to offset costs associated
    27  with the production of such license plates].
    28    § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    29  added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    30    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    31  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    32  registration  fee  prescribed  by section four hundred one of this arti-
    33  cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service  charge  of
    34  ten dollars shall be charged for such plate].
    35    § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    36  added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    37    4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    38  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
    39  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article
    40  [provided,  however,  that  an additional one time service charge of ten
    41  dollars shall be charged for such plate].
    42    § 7. Subdivision 3 of section 404-aa of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
    43  as  added  by  chapter  103  of  the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
    44  follows:
    45    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    46  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    47  registration  fee  prescribed  by section four hundred one of this arti-
    48  cle[; provided, however, that an additional one-time service  charge  of
    49  ten dollars shall be charged for such plate].
    50    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.