Bill Text: NY A05476 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the distinctive family of an organ donor license plate program and the "organ donor distinctive plates fund"; provides for an additional annual service charge of $25 to be charged for such plates with a portion of such charge to be deposited to such fund for research by organ procurement organizations and education programs approved by the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - enacting clause stricken [A05476 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05476-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5476
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 22, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating the
         organ donor distinctive license plate program; and to amend the  state
         finance  law, in relation to establishing the "organ donor distinctive
         plates fund"
         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 FAMILY OF AN ORGAN DONOR LICENSE PLATES.  1.  ANY
    4  PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
    5  LICENSE  PLATE  BEARING  THE WORDS "ORGAN DONOR FAMILY". APPLICATION FOR
    6  SAID LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM
    7  AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
    8    2.  ANY  DISTINCTIVE  PLATES  ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
    9  ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
   10  REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS
   11  ARTICLE  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
   12  TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATES. TWENTY DOLLARS  OF
   13  EACH SUCH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO
   14  THE  CREDIT  OF  THE  "ORGAN  DONOR DISTINCTIVE PLATES FUND" ESTABLISHED
   15  PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL  BE
   16  USED  FOR  RESEARCH  BY  ORGAN  PROCUREMENT  ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATION
   17  PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT
   18  ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, FUNDS IN  THE  AMOUNT
   19  OF  SEVEN  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE
   20  AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS  ASSOCI-
   21  ATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
   22    S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-h to
   23  read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09625-01-1
       A. 5476                             2
    1    S 95-H. "ORGAN DONOR DISTINCTIVE PLATES  FUND".  1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY
    2  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND
    3  FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN  AS  THE  "ORGAN
    4  DONOR DISTINCTIVE PLATES FUND".
    5    2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
    6  PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
    7  AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM
    8  ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO  LAW.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
    9  SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
   10  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING
   11  THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   12    3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE  EXPENDED  ONLY  FOR  ORGAN  TRANSPLANT
   13  RESEARCH  BY  ORGAN  PROCUREMENT  ORGANIZATIONS  AND  EDUCATION PROJECTS
   14  APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   15    4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
   16  THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
   17  OF HEALTH.
   18    5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL  ENSURE
   19  THAT  ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE
   20  END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   22  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, any rules  and  regu-
   23  lations  required  to implement the provisions of this act on its effec-
   24  tive date shall be promulgated on or before such date.