Bill Text: NY S07957 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates bearing the words "Cure Childhood Cancer"; provides for the annual service charge to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund and the excess of six thousand dollars to be deposited to the credit of the cure childhood cancer trust fund; establishes the "cure childhood cancer trust fund".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-01 - REFERRED TO RULES [S07957 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07957-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7957
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   December 1, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sens. MONTGOMERY, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PARKER -- read twice
         and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
         on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
         the  issuance  of  license  plates  bearing  the words "Cure Childhood
         Cancer" and to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establish-
         ing the cure childhood cancer trust 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  "CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER" PLATES. 1.  ANY PERSON
    4  RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE  PLATE
    5  BEARING  THE WORDS "CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER".  APPLICATION FOR SUCH PLATES
    6  SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE
    7  COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
    8    2.  ANY  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  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  FIFTY DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH  PLATE.    SUCH  ANNUAL  SERVICE
   13  CHARGE  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED  PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR
   14  HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
   15  VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINE-
   16  TY-FIVE-G  OF  THE  STATE  FINANCE  LAW,  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  THE
   17  PRODUCTION,  DESIGN,  ADVERTISING  AND  MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE
   18  PLATES PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
   19  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGES  COLLECTED  IN  EXCESS OF FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
   20  SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE  "CURE  CHILDHOOD  CANCER  TRUST
   21  FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-W OF THE STATE FINANCE
   22  LAW  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  CHILDHOOD  CANCER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
   23  PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH OR TO PROVIDE GRANTS  TO
   24  STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS OR UNIVERSITY HOSPI-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15802-01-4
       S. 7957                             2
    1  TALS  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF RESEARCHING AND PROMOTING A CURE FOR CHILDHOOD
    2  CANCER, PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-NINE-W.
    3    S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-w to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S 99-W. CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER TRUST FUND. 1. THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
    6  LISHED  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
    7  AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE  "CURE  CHILDHOOD
    8  CANCER TRUST FUND".
    9    2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
   10  PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
   11  AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO  FROM
   12  ANY  OTHER  FUND  OR  SOURCE  PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS
   13  SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
   14  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION  AND  DEPOSITING
   15  THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   16    3.  MONIES  OF  THE  FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER CARE,
   17  TREATMENT AND WELLNESS TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO  PHYSICAL  AND
   18  OCCUPATIONAL  THERAPY,  ART  THERAPY,  COUNSELING,  RESEARCH  GRANTS AND
   19  EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS. SUCH FUNDS WILL BE EXPENDED THROUGH A GRANT  PROC-
   20  ESS  CREATED  BY AND ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
   21  TO INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL FACILITIES, STATE OF  NEW  YORK  HEALTH  CENTERS,
   22  UNIVERSITY  HOSPITALS  OR  COMMUNITY-BASED  NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
   23  THAT OPERATE CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS.
   24    4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON  VOUCHERS  RECOMMENDED  BY
   25  THE  COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, AFTER AUDIT AND APPROVAL BY THE STATE COMP-
   26  TROLLER AND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
   27    5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL  ENSURE
   28  THAT  ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE
   29  END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   30    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   31  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   32  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   33  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
   34  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   35  effective date.