Bill Text: NY A04991 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the creation and issuance of a distinctive license plate for fire police.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A04991 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04991-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4991
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
         of distinctive plates for fire police
         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  PLATES FOR FIRE POLICE. 1. ANY PERSON WHO IS A
    4  MEMBER OF THE FIRE POLICE OR THE SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH PERSON  SHALL,  UPON
    5  REQUEST,  BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "FIRE POLICE".  IF
    6  A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SUCH
    7  A DISTINCTIVE PLATE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSE  OF  SUCH  PERSON.
    8  APPLICATION  FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER
    9  IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   10    2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
   11  SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER,  THAT  THE
   12  APPLICANT OR THE SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT IS A MEMBER OF THE FIRE POLICE.
   13    3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   14  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR
   15  REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  ARTICLE
   16  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  ADDITIONAL ONE TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TEN
   17  DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.
   18    4. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE  OF  A  SPECIAL
   19  NUMBER  PLATE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER IS SATISFIED
   20  THAT THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES  COLLECTED  PURSUANT
   21  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE OF THIS SECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO RECOVER THE
   22  COSTS OF THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SUCH SPECIAL PLATES.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
   24  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08734-01-3