Bill Text: NY S03787 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of distinctive plates for retired members of the New York state legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-26 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S03787 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03787-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3787
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 the issuance
          of specialty plates for retired members of the New York state legisla-
          ture
          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-ff to read as follows:
     3    § 404-ff. Distinctive plates for retired members of the New York state
     4  legislature. 1. Any retired member of the  New  York  state  legislature
     5  residing  in  this  state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate
     6  bearing the words "Retired NYS Legislator". Application for said license
     7  plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form  and  detail  as
     8  the  commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be verified annually by the
     9  applicant.
    10    2. The distinctive plate authorized in this section  shall  be  issued
    11  upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant: (a) is
    12  a retired member of the New York state legislature; and (b) has not been
    13  found  guilty  of  a  felony  or  a misdemeanor for which such felony or
    14  misdemeanor had a direct and actual relationship to the  performance  of
    15  such  applicant's existing duties during the time in which he or she was
    16  a public officer.
    17    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    18  in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
    19  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
    20  provided,  however,  that an additional annual service charge of twenty-
    21  five dollars shall be charged for such plate.
    22    § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff  of
    23  the  vehicle and traffic law, as added by section one of this act, shall
    24  only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to  the  depart-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01109-02-9
        S. 3787                             2
     1  ment  of  motor  vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of six thousand
     2  dollars, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized  by  the
     3  department  of  financial  services  to transact business in this state.
     4  Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have
     5  received  prior  to  plate  design, production and issuance at least two
     6  hundred orders for such distinctive plate together with  the  additional
     7  annual  service  charge  applicable  to  each such order, which shall be
     8  non-refundable, no such surety  bond  shall  be  required.  All  service
     9  charges  collected  pursuant to this section shall be deposited pursuant
    10  to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and  traffic  law  to
    11  the  credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate devel-
    12  opment fund established by section 95-g of the  state  finance  law  and
    13  shall  be  used for the design, production, advertising and distribution
    14  of distinctive license plates in accordance with such section 95-g.
    15    2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon  which
    16  distinctive  plates  in  the  series  are  first  available for sale two
    17  hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered  pursuant
    18  to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
    19  such  plates  are  sold  by  such time, the department of motor vehicles
    20  shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate
    21  to such shortfall.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    23  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that section two of  this
    24  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided  further, however, that
    25  effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
    26  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
    27  tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
    28  before such effective date.