Bill Text: NY A01112 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of a distinctive license plate for Iraq War and Afghanistan War veterans.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-25 - signed chap.107 [A01112 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01112-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1112
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, HOOPER, RAIA, CROUCH,
          LALOR, SCHIMMINGER, SIMON -- read once and referred 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 Iraq War and War in Afghanistan
          veterans
          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-y to read as follows:
     3    § 404-y. Distinctive plates for Iraq War and War in Afghanistan veter-
     4  ans. 1. Any Iraq War or War in Afghanistan veteran or the spouse of  any
     5  such  veteran shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the
     6  words "Iraq War Veteran" or "War in Afghanistan Veteran". If a  distinc-
     7  tive  plate  is  issued  to  a  veteran pursuant to this section, such a
     8  distinctive plate shall not be issued to the  spouse  of  such  veteran.
     9  Application  for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner
    10  in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
    11    2. The distinctive  plates  authorized  in  subdivision  one  of  this
    12  section  shall  be  issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,
    13  that the applicant or the spouse of the applicant is an Iraq War or  War
    14  in Afghanistan veteran.
    15    3.  For  the purposes of this section, "Iraq War veteran" shall mean a
    16  person who is a resident of this state, who served in the  armed  forces
    17  of  the  United States in the hostilities that occurred in Iraq from the
    18  twentieth day of March, two thousand three  to  the  eighteenth  day  of
    19  December,  two  thousand  eleven,  and was honorably discharged from the
    20  military.
    21    4. "War in Afghanistan veteran" shall mean a person who is a  resident
    22  of  this  state,  who served in the armed forces of the United States in
    23  the hostilities that occurred in Afghanistan from the twentieth  day  of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  September,  two  thousand  one  to  the  end of such hostilities and was
     2  honorably discharged by the military.
     3    5. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
     4  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
     5  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article
     6  provided,  however,  that  an  additional one time service charge of ten
     7  dollars shall be charged for such plate.
     8    6. Nothing contained in this section shall require the issuance  of  a
     9  special  number  plate  under  this  section  unless the commissioner is
    10  satisfied that the aggregate amount of annual service charges  collected
    11  pursuant  to  subdivision  five  of  this  section will be sufficient to
    12  recover the costs of the design and manufacture of such special plates.
    13    § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section  404-y  of
    14  the  vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
    15  upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a  surety  bond
    16  in  the  amount  of  six  thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
    17  surety company authorized by the department  of  financial  services  to
    18  transact  business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis-
    19  sioner of motor vehicles shall have  received  prior  to  plate  design,
    20  production and issuance at least two hundred orders for such distinctive
    21  plate  together  with the additional annual service charge applicable to
    22  each such order, which shall be  non-refundable,  no  such  surety  bond
    23  shall  be  required.  All  service  charges  collected  pursuant to this
    24  section shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section  404-oo
    25  of  the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor
    26  vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section  95-g
    27  of  the  state finance law and shall be used for the design, production,
    28  advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance
    29  with such section 95-g.
    30    2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon  which
    31  distinctive  plates  in  the  series  are  first  available for sale two
    32  hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered  pursuant
    33  to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
    34  such  plates  are  sold  by  such time, the department of motor vehicles
    35  shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate
    36  to such shortfall.
    37    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    38  section  one  of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
    39  day after it shall have become a law; and provided further, that  effec-
    40  tive  immediately,  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
    41  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
    42  date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on  or  before
    43  such effective date.