S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6450--A Cal. No. 659 I N S E N A T E January 24, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a distinctive plate honoring the Boy Scouts of America 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-x to read as follows: 3 S 404-X. DISTINCTIVE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON 4 RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE 5 PLATE IN SUPPORT OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY 6 THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE BOY 7 SCOUTS OF AMERICA. 8 2. AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER 9 IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE. 10 3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED 11 IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR 12 REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE 13 AND AN INITIAL ONE TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE 14 CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATES. 15 4. SUCH INITIAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED, PURSUANT TO SECTION 16 FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE, TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 17 MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION 18 NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE 19 PRODUCTION, DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE PLATES 20 PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. 21 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 22 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13679-02-4