Bill Text: NY S05229 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes distinctive license plates for recipients of the Bronze or Silver star.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05229 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05229-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5229
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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
         distinctive license plates for recipients of the Bronze or Silver star
         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-bb to read as follows:
    3    S  404-BB. DISTINCTIVE PLATES FOR BRONZE OR SILVER STAR RECIPIENTS. 1.
    4  ANY RECIPIENT OF A BRONZE STAR OR A SILVER STAR RESIDING IN  THIS  STATE
    5  OR  THE  SPOUSE  OF  ANY SUCH RECIPIENT SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A
    6  LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "BRONZE STAR RECIPIENT" OR "SILVER  STAR
    7  RECIPIENT".  IF A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A BRONZE OR SILVER STAR
    8  RECIPIENT  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION, SUCH A DISTINCTIVE PLATE SHALL NOT
    9  BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSE OF SUCH RECIPIENT. APPLICATION FOR SAID  LICENSE
   10  PLATE  SHALL  BE  FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS
   11  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   12    2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  ISSUED
   13  UPON  PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE APPLICANT OR THE
   14  SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT IS A BRONZE OR SILVER STAR RECIPIENT.
   15    3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   16  IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT  OF  THE  REGULAR
   17  REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE,
   18  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TEN
   19  DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  ONE
   20  YEAR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF
   21  FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE, SHALL  BE
   22  ALLOCATED  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  OFFSET  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE
   23  PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   25  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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