NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3854
SPONSOR: McDonough TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating
distinctive plates for the New York city fire riders motorcycle club
PURPOSE:
To allow for distinctive plates to be issued for members of the New York
City Fire Riders Motor Cycle Club.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section
404-ff to allow the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to
issue distinctive plates to the New York City Fire Riders Motor Cycle
Club. A person requesting such plates must be a resident of New York
State and an active or retired member of the club. The plates shall be
issued upon payment of the regular registration fee and an additional
annual service charge of $25 shall be charged for each plate.
JUSTIFICATION:
The New York City Fire Riders Motor Cycle Club is a fraternal Fire
Department of New York City organization with over 300 members. The New
York City Fire Riders Motorcycle Club was established in January of
1985. The club was created to unite firefighters and promote safe motor-
cycling. The original group consisted of 16 members and there is now a
chapter in Nassau County. The New York City Fire Riders Motorcycle Club
is also affiliated with the Red Knights International Motorcycle Club
and the Wind & Fire Motorcycle Club. These affiliations present the club
with many opportunities to travel into Canada to fellowship within the
brotherhood of firefighters. This legislation would allow for the issu-
ance of a distinctive license pla.te for active and retired firefighters
belonging to the New York City Fire Riders Motor Cycle Club. These club
members would like to display their pride as present and former New York
City Firefighters who are also proud motorcycle owners. This bill shows
New York State's appreciation toward these particular individuals who
bravely serve or have bravely served the residents of the City of New
York.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A5407B of 2021/2022 - Held for consideration in Transportation
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3854
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating
distinctive plates for the New York city fire riders motorcycle club
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-ff to read as follows:
3 § 404-ff. Distinctive plates for New York city fire riders motorcycle
4 club. 1. Any member of the New York city fire riders motorcycle club
5 shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "NYC
6 Fire Riders". Application for said license plate shall be filed with the
7 commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall
8 prescribe.
9 2. A distinctive plate authorized by subdivision one of this section
10 shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the
11 applicant is a member of the New York city fire riders motorcycle club.
12 3. For the purposes of this section, "member of the New York city fire
13 riders motorcycle club" shall mean a person who is a resident of this
14 state, who is an active or retired uniformed member of the New York city
15 fire department and who holds an active membership in the New York city
16 fire riders motorcycle club.
17 4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
18 in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regu-
19 lar registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this
20 article, provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of
21 twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such plate.
22 § 2. (a) A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff
23 of the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and
24 issued upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety
25 bond in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02322-01-3
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1 surety company authorized by the department of financial services to
2 transact business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis-
3 sioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior to plate design,
4 production and issuance at least two hundred orders for such distinctive
5 plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable to
6 each such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond
7 shall be required. All service charges collected pursuant to this
8 section shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo
9 of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor
10 vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g
11 of the state finance law and shall be used for the design, production,
12 advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance
13 with such section 95-g.
14 (b) If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
15 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale two
16 hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant
17 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
18 such plates are sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles
19 shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate
20 to such shortfall.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
22 section one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
23 day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addi-
24 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
25 the implementation of section one of this act on its effective date are
26 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
