Bill Text: NY S04072 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates for African-American veterans; provides that such distinctive license plates shall bear the words "African-American Veteran"; provides for a one-time service charge of $10 for each such plate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04072 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04072-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4072
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 9, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- 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  issuing
         distinctive license plates for African-American veterans
         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 AFRICAN-AMERICAN VETERANS. 1.  ANY
    4  AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO IS A VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
    5  FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE LAW, AND WHO RESIDES IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON
    6  REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE  WORDS  "AFRICAN-AMERICAN
    7  VETERAN".    APPLICATION  FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
    8  COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER   SHALL
    9  PRESCRIBE.
   10    2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED HEREIN SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF,
   11  SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE APPLICANT IS A VETERAN.
   12    3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
   13  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR
   14  REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  ARTICLE
   15  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TEN
   16  DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.  SUCH SERVICE CHARGE  SHALL  BE
   17  DEPOSITED  PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF
   18  THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES  DISTINC-
   19  TIVE  PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE
   20  STATE FINANCE LAW, AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION, DESIGN,  ADVER-
   21  TISING  AND  MARKETING  OF  DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE PLATES PURSUANT TO SUCH
   22  SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   24  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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