Bill Text: NY A00712 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Changes the "Life Pass It On" license plate to the "Donate Life New York State" and "Be an Organ & Tissue Donor".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to transportation [A00712 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00712-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           712
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the distinc-
          tive gift of life license plates
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 404-u of the vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law,  as added by chapter 415 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. Any person residing in this state shall upon request  be  issued  a
     5  distinctive  license plate bearing the words ["Life Pass It On"] "Donate
     6  Life New York State" and "Be an Organ & Tissue Donor".  Application  for
     7  said  license  plates  shall be filed with the commissioner in such form
     8  and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
     9    § 2. Distinctive plates issued pursuant to section 404-u of the  vehi-
    10  cle  and  traffic  law  prior  to  the amendment of such section made by
    11  section one of this act shall be reissued to any  person  assigned  such
    12  plate  upon  such  person's  request.  No fee or service charge shall be
    13  charged for the  reissuance  of  such  plate.  Provided,  however,  that
    14  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  section  one  of this act, nothing
    15  contained in this act shall be deemed to invalidate "Life  Pass  it  On"
    16  distinctive  license  plates  issued prior to the effective date of this
    17  act.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    20  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    21  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
    22  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
    23  effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03773-01-7