Bill Text: NY A04981 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates the annual service charge on issuance of special number plates to veterans of the armed forces.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A04981 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04981-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4981

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
          of special number plates to veterans of the armed forces

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 404 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law,  as  amended  by  section 21 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of
     3  2009, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. The commissioner may issue  special  number  plates  to  applicants
     5  therefor  in  the same manner as other number plates are issued pursuant
     6  to this article. Such special number plates shall be  issued  only  upon
     7  payment  of  an  annual service charge of thirty-one dollars and twenty-
     8  five cents in addition to the regular fee  prescribed  by  section  four
     9  hundred one of this article. Application for special number plates shall
    10  be  made  in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner
    11  with respect to issuance of such number plates.  Provided,  however,  in
    12  lieu  of the annual fee specified herein, the commissioner may establish
    13  specific categories of plates for which an annual fee of not  less  than
    14  eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents nor more than thirty-one dollars
    15  and  twenty-five  cents  may  be  charged subject to the approval of the
    16  director of the division of  the  budget.    Notwithstanding  any  other
    17  provision  of this section, the annual service charge shall not apply to
    18  the issuance of special number plates to veterans of the  armed  forces.
    19  Notwithstanding  any inconsistent provision of this section, the differ-
    20  ence collected between the special plates  fee  or  service  charge  set
    21  forth  in  this  subdivision in effect on and after September first, two
    22  thousand nine and the special plates fee or service charge set forth  in
    23  this  subdivision in effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the
    24  credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01208-01-3