Bill Text: NY S00656 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates certain fees/charges for purple heart license plates initially issued to purple heart recipients who are sixty-two years of age or older.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00656 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00656-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          656
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 12, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  LARKIN,  ALESI,  DeFRANCISCO,  FARLEY,  FLANAGAN,
         FUSCHILLO, O. JOHNSON, LEIBELL, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MAZIARZ,  MORAHAN,
         NOZZOLIO,  ROBACH,  SALAND,  SEWARD,  VOLKER, WINNER -- 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 fees and
         charges for distinctive plates for purple heart recipients
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-e of the vehicle and traffic
    2  law, as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
    3  as follows:
    4    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    5  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
    6  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
    7  provided, however, that no service charge  shall  be  charged  for  such
    8  plate,  AND  THE  FEES  PRESCRIBED  BY SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR
    9  HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO A PURPLE HEART  RECIPIENT
   10  WHO  INITIALLY  RECEIVES  A NUMBER PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND IS
   11  SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   13  ing 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.
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