Bill Text: NY S08869 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of a distinctive license plate for members of the New York state Elks association of the benevolent and protective order of the Elks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - SUBSTITUTED BY A219A [S08869 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08869-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8869 IN SENATE May 30, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AMEDORE -- 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 issuance of a distinctive license plate for members of the New York state Elks association of the benevolent and protective order of the Elks 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-z to read as follows: 3 § 404-z. Distinctive "Elks Association" license plates. 1. Any member 4 of the New York state Elks association of the benevolent and protective 5 order of the Elks residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued 6 a license plate bearing the words "Elks Association". Application for 7 said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and 8 detail as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be verified annu- 9 ally by the applicant. 10 2. The distinctive plate authorized in this section shall be issued 11 upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant is 12 presently an active member of the New York state Elks association of the 13 benevolent and protective order of the Elks. 14 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 15 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 16 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, 17 provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty- 18 five dollars shall be charged for such plate. 19 § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-z of 20 the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued 21 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond 22 in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a 23 surety company authorized by the department of financial services to 24 transact business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis- 25 sioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, 26 production and issuance at least two hundred orders for such distinctive 27 plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05177-03-8S. 8869 2 1 each such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond 2 shall be required. All service charges collected pursuant to this 3 section shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo 4 of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor 5 vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g 6 of the state finance law and shall be used for the design, production, 7 advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance 8 with such section 95-g. 9 2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which 10 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale two 11 hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant 12 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of 13 such plates are sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles 14 shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate 15 to such shortfall. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 17 section one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth 18 day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addi- 19 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for 20 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to 21 be made and completed on or before such effective date.