Bill Text: NY S06969 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the elimination of fees and renewal fees associated with the issuance of distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - referred to transportation [S06969 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06969-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6969
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 10, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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  the  elimi-
          nation  of any fees associated with the distinctive license 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. Furthermore, upon the issuance of a distinctive plate pursuant to
     9  this  section,  such  purple  heart  recipient  shall be exempt from the
    10  payment of any fees relating to the renewal  thereof  as  prescribed  by
    11  section four hundred one of this article.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06241-01-5
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