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A01112 Summary:

A01112 Actions:

A01112 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Gantt      
DATE:06/07/2017AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gantt
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
DenDekker
Aye
Lupinacci
Aye
Crespo
Aye
Murray
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Friend
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Skartados
Aye
Skoufis
Excused
Steck
Aye
Brindisi
Aye
Simon
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Wright
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:06/08/2017AYE/NAY:32/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Walter
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Perry
Aye
Curran
Aye
Colton
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Moya
Excused
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Excused
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/12/2017AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Excused
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Excused
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

A01112 Floor Votes:

A01112 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1112--B
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 10, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, HOOPER, RAIA, CROUCH,
          LALOR, SCHIMMINGER, SIMON -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
          on  Transportation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
          reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
          of a distinctive license plate for veterans of the Iraq War and veter-
          ans of the Afghanistan War
 
          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-y to read as follows:
     3    § 404-y. Distinctive plates for veterans of the Iraq War and  veterans
     4  of the Afghanistan War.  1. Any veteran of the Iraq War or the Afghanis-
     5  tan  War residing in this state or the spouse of any such veteran shall,
     6  upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the  words  "Veteran  of
     7  the  Iraq  War"  or  "Veteran  of the Afghanistan War". If a distinctive
     8  plate is issued to a veteran pursuant to this section, such  a  distinc-
     9  tive  plate shall not be issued to the spouse of such veteran.  Applica-
    10  tion for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such
    11  form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
    12    2. The distinctive  plates  authorized  in  subdivision  one  of  this
    13  section  shall  be  issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,
    14  that the applicant or the spouse of the applicant is a  veteran  of  the
    15  Iraq War or the Afghanistan War.
    16    3.  For  the  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
    17  the following meanings:
    18    (a) "Veteran of the Iraq War" shall mean a person who is a resident of
    19  this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States  in  the
    20  hostilities that occurred in Iraq from the sixteenth day of October, two
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04885-07-7
        A. 1112--B                          2
 
     1  thousand two to the end of such hostilities who was discharged therefrom
     2  under other than dishonorable conditions; and
     3    (b)  "Veteran  of  the  Afghanistan  War" shall mean a person who is a
     4  resident of this state, who served in the armed  forces  of  the  United
     5  States  in the hostilities that occurred in Afghanistan from the seventh
     6  day of October, two thousand one to the end of such hostilities who  was
     7  discharged therefrom under other than dishonorable conditions.
     8    4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
     9  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
    10  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article
    11  provided,  however,  that  an  additional one time service charge of ten
    12  dollars shall be charged for such plate.
    13    § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section  404-y  of
    14  the  vehicle  and  traffic law as added by section one of this act shall
    15  only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to  the  depart-
    16  ment  of  motor  vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of six thousand
    17  dollars, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized  by  the
    18  department  of  financial  services  to transact business in this state.
    19  Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have
    20  received prior to plate design, production and  issuance  at  least  two
    21  hundred  orders  for such distinctive plate together with the additional
    22  one-time service charge applicable to each such order,  which  shall  be
    23  non-refundable,  no  such  surety  bond  shall  be required. All service
    24  charges collected pursuant to this section shall be  deposited  pursuant
    25  to  the  provisions  of section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic law to
    26  the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate  devel-
    27  opment  fund  established  by  section 95-g of the state finance law and
    28  shall be used for the design, production, advertising  and  distribution
    29  of distinctive license plates in accordance with such section 95-g.
    30    2.  If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
    31  distinctive plates in the  series  are  first  available  for  sale  two
    32  hundred  or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant
    33  to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
    34  such plates are sold by such time,  the  department  of  motor  vehicles
    35  shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate
    36  to such shortfall.
    37    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    38  section one of this act shall take effect on the one  hundred  eightieth
    39  day  after it shall have become a law; and provided further, that effec-
    40  tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any  rule  or
    41  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
    42  date  are  authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before
    43  such effective date.