Bill Text: NY S07220 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7220 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Permits issuance of distinctive plates to members of the association of city court judges.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07220 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07220-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7220
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 6, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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  distinctive
         plates for association of city court judges
         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 PLATES FOR ASSOCIATION OF CITY COURT JUDGES. 1.
    4  ANY CURRENT OR FORMER CITY COURT JUDGE THAT IS OR WAS A  MEMBER  OF  THE
    5  ASSOCIATION  OF  CITY  COURT JUDGES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL, UPON
    6  REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING  THE  WORDS  "ASSOCIATION  OF
    7  CITY  COURT  JUDGES".  IF  A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A CURRENT OR
    8  FORMER CITY COURT JUDGE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, ADDITIONAL DISTINCTIVE
    9  PLATES MAY BE ISSUED FOR EVERY VEHICLE REGISTERED IN  THE  NAME  OF  THE
   10  CURRENT  OR  FORMER CITY COURT JUDGE IN THIS STATE. APPLICATION FOR SUCH
   11  LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND
   12  DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   13    2.  THE  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   14  UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE  APPLICANT  IS  A
   15  CURRENT OR FORMER CITY COURT JUDGE.
   16    3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   17  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR
   18  REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  ARTICLE
   19  AND  AN  ADDITIONAL  ONE  TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TWENTY DOLLARS SHALL BE
   20  CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.
   21    4. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION THREE OF  THIS  SECTION  AND  THE  FEES
   22  PRESCRIBED  OR  PERMITTED  BY  SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE,
   23  THERE SHALL BE NO CHARGE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A NUMBER PLATE PURSUANT  TO
   24  THIS SECTION TO A CURRENT OR FORMER CITY COURT JUDGE, NOR SHALL THERE BE
   25  IMPOSED AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE CHARGE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH PLATE.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14725-02-4