Bill Text: NY S04414 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4414 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates for family members of service members who died in the line of duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04414 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04414-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4414
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 4, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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  authorizing
         the  issuance  of  distinctive  license  plates  for family members of
         service members who died in the line of duty
         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 LICENSE PLATES  FOR  FAMILY  MEMBERS  OF  SERVICE
    4  MEMBERS  WHO  DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
    5  "FAMILY MEMBERS OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY"
    6  SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE, PARENT, SIBLING OR CHILD OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER
    7  WHO DIED IN THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES
    8  AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED SERVICES.
    9    2. ANY FAMILY MEMBER OF A SERVICE MEMBER WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF  DUTY
   10  AND  WHO RESIDES IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINC-
   11  TIVE LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "FAMILY OF A FALLEN SAILOR", "FAMI-
   12  LY OF A FALLEN MARINE", "FAMILY OF A FALLEN SOLDIER"  OR  "FAMILY  OF  A
   13  FALLEN AIRMAN" OR "FAMILY OF A FALLEN GUARDSMAN" OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY
   14  THE COMMISSIONER. APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH
   15  THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
   16  PRESCRIBE AND SHALL BE VERIFIED ANNUALLY BY THE APPLICANT.
   17    3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS
   18  SECTION  SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER,
   19  THAT THE APPLICANT IS A FAMILY MEMBER OF A SERVICE MEMBER  WHO  DIED  IN
   20  THE LINE OF DUTY.
   21    4. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   22  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR
   23  REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE,
   24  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  ADDITIONAL  ANNUAL  SERVICE   CHARGE   OF
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10601-01-1
       S. 4414                             2
    1  TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE. SUCH ANNUAL SERVICE
    2  CHARGE  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED  PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR
    3  HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
    4  VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINE-
    5  TY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION,
    6  DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATES PURSUANT
    7  TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    9  it shall have become a law.