STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 6072 A. 7715 2017-2018 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY May 10, 2017 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law, in relation to creating the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" distinctive license plate program 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-dd to read as follows: 3 § 404-dd. Distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remem- 4 brance" license plates. 1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon 5 request, be issued a distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one 6 remembrance" license plate. Application for such license plate shall be 7 filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner 8 shall prescribe. 9 2. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 10 in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regu- 11 lar registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this 12 article; provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of 13 twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such plates. Such annual 14 service charge shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 15 four hundred four-oo of this article, to the credit of the department of 16 motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section 17 ninety-five-g of the state finance law, and shall be used for the 18 production, design, advertising and marketing of distinctive license 19 plates pursuant to such section ninety-five-g; provided, however, that 20 annual service charges collected in excess of six thousand dollars shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07167-02-7S. 6072 2 A. 7715 1 be deposited to the credit of "The September eleventh, two thousand one 2 scholarship fund" established pursuant to section ninety-six of the 3 state finance law and shall be used for higher education of victims who 4 lost an immediate family member as a result of the September eleventh, 5 two thousand one terrorist attacks in New York, pursuant to section 6 ninety-six of the state finance law. 7 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 96 to 8 read as follows: 9 § 96. The September eleventh, two thousand one scholarship fund. 1. 10 There is hereby established, in the joint custody of the commissioner of 11 taxation and finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as 12 the September eleventh, two thousand one scholarship fund. 13 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the 14 provisions of section four hundred four-dd of the vehicle and traffic 15 law and all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto 16 from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this 17 section shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts, or 18 bequests for the purposes of the fund, as defined in this section, and 19 depositing them into the fund according to law. 20 3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for higher education of 21 victims who lost an immediate family member as a result of the September 22 eleventh, two thousand one terrorist attacks in New York. 23 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of 24 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner 25 of education. 26 5. To the extent possible, the commissioner of education shall ensure 27 that all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the 28 end of that fiscal year. 29 § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-dd of 30 the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued 31 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond 32 in the amount of $6,000, which shall be executed by a surety company 33 authorized by the department of financial services to transact business 34 in this state. Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor 35 vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, production and issu- 36 ance at least 200 orders for such distinctive plate together with the 37 additional annual service charge applicable to each such order, which 38 shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond shall be required. All 39 service charges collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited 40 pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic 41 law to the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate 42 development fund established by section 95-g of the state finance law 43 and shall be used for the design, production, advertising and distrib- 44 ution of distinctive license plates in accordance with such section 45 95-g. 46 2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which 47 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale, 200 or 48 more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant to this 49 section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are 50 sold by such time, the department of motor vehicle shall be entitled to 51 recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall. 52 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 53 it shall have become a law.