Bill Text: NY S03009 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients; removes the word "congressional" from distinctive plates; provides for the reissuance of plates to persons assigned distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-03 - referred to transportation [S03009 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03009-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3009
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 28, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  distinctive
         plates for medal of honor recipients
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 404-p of the vehicle and traffic law, as  added  by
    2  chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 415
    3  of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
    4    S 404-p. Distinctive plates for [congressional] medal of honor recipi-
    5  ents.  1.  Any [congressional] medal of honor recipient residing in this
    6  state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing  the  words
    7  "[congressional]  medal  of  honor".  Application for said license plate
    8  shall be filed with the commissioner in such  form  and  detail  as  the
    9  commissioner shall prescribe.
   10    2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
   11  satisfactory  to the commissioner, that the applicant is a [congression-
   12  al] medal of honor recipient.
   13    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
   14  in the same manner as other number plates, provided,  however,  that  no
   15  registration fee or service charge shall be charged for such plate.
   16    S  2. Distinctive plates issued pursuant to section 404-p of the vehi-
   17  cle and traffic law prior to the  amendment  of  such  section  made  by
   18  section  one  of  this act shall be reissued to any person assigned such
   19  plate. No fee or service charge shall be charged for the  reissuance  of
   20  such plate.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08259-01-3