Bill Text: NY S06969 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the elimination of fees and renewal fees associated with the issuance of distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - referred to transportation [S06969 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06969-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6969 IN SENATE March 10, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- 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 the elimi- nation of any fees associated with the distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 404-e of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read 3 as 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 no service charge shall be charged for such 8 plate. Furthermore, upon the issuance of a distinctive plate pursuant to 9 this section, such purple heart recipient shall be exempt from the 10 payment of any fees relating to the renewal thereof as prescribed by 11 section four hundred one of this article. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06241-01-5
