Bill Text: NY A05020 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for distinctive license plates for gold star family members; eliminates the registration fee for gold star mother and gold star family member distinctive license plates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - held for consideration in transportation [A05020 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05020-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5020

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 10, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, PALMESANO, MORINELLO, DeSTEFANO, SMULLEN,
          ASHBY,  NORRIS,  SALKA,  M. MILLER  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BYRNES, MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Trans-
          portation

        AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
          distinctive license plates for gold star family members and  eliminat-
          ing  the  registration  fee  for gold star mother and gold star family
          member distinctive license plates

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
     2  chapter  277  of  the  laws of 1991 and renumbered by chapter 108 of the
     3  laws of 1994, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 732  of  the  laws  of
     4  2004 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    §  404-i. Distinctive plates for gold star mothers and gold star fami-
     7  lies.  1. Any gold star mother or the spouse of a gold  star  mother  or
     8  any  gold  star father or the spouse of a gold star father, or the widow
     9  or widower of a fallen service member, or any child, step-child,  broth-
    10  er,  sister,  step-brother,  step-sister,  or  grandparent  of  a fallen
    11  service member residing in this state shall, upon request, be  issued  a
    12  license  plate  bearing the words "gold star mother" or "gold star fami-
    13  ly", respectively.  If a distinctive plate is  issued  to  a  gold  star
    14  mother  or  gold star family member pursuant to this section, additional
    15  distinctive plates may be issued for every  vehicle  registered  in  the
    16  name  of  the  gold  star mother recipient residing in this state or the
    17  spouse of such gold star mother, or the gold star family member.  Appli-
    18  cation for said license plate shall be filed with  the  commissioner  in
    19  such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
    20    2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
    21  satisfactory  to  the  commissioner, that the applicant or the spouse of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02101-01-1
        A. 5020                             2

     1  the applicant is a gold star mother or the applicant is  any  gold  star
     2  father or the spouse of a gold star father, or the widow or widower of a
     3  fallen  service member, or any child, step-child, brother, sister, step-
     4  brother, step-sister, or grandparent of a fallen service member.
     5    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
     6  in  the  same manner as other number plates [upon payment of the regular
     7  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one  of  this  arti-
     8  cle],  provided,  however,  that  no  registration fee or service charge
     9  shall be charged for such plate.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    12  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    13  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or  before
    14  such date.