Bill Text: NY A01346 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a distinctive "Pink Ribbon" license plate for which there is an additional annual service charge of $25; establishes the "breast cancer education and support fund"; provides for disbursement of monies in such fund for community-based breast cancer education and support programs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A01346 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A01346-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1346
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, BENEDETTO, ROBINSON, SCHIMMINGER,
GIBSON, DenDEKKER, GALEF, HOOPER, CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. BARCLAY, BOYLAND, COOK, DUPREY, FINCH, KOLB, MAISEL, McDONOUGH,
RABBITT, RAIA, SALADINO, SWEENEY, TEDISCO, THIELE, TITONE, WEISENBERG
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
distinctive "Pink Ribbon" plates; and to amend the state finance law,
in relation to establishing the "breast cancer education and support
fund"
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 "PINK RIBBON" LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON
4 RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
5 "PINK RIBBON" LICENSE PLATE OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
6 APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE FORM AND
7 DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
8 2. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
9 IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE REGU-
10 LAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
11 ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
12 TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE. SUCH ADDITIONAL
13 SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
14 FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI-
15 CLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND, ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-
16 FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION,
17 DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE NUMBER PLATES;
18 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN
19 EXCESS OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 BREAST CANCER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION
2 NINETY-FIVE-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
3 S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-h to
4 read as follows:
5 S 95-H. BREAST CANCER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
6 ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND
7 FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "BREAST
8 CANCER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FUND".
9 2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
10 FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONEYS
11 APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR
12 SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
13 3. MONEYS OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR BREAST
14 CANCER EDUCATION AND SUPPORT PROJECTS AND GRANTS TO COMMUNITY-BASED
15 ORGANIZATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED SIX-A OF THE
16 PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
17 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
