STATE OF NEW YORK
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269
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- 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 providing
distinctive license plates for combat medics
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 § 404-x. Distinctive plates for combat medics. 1. Any combat medic
4 residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate
5 bearing the words "Combat Medic". Application for said license plate
6 shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the
7 commissioner shall prescribe. For purposes of this section, "Combat
8 Medic" shall mean a person who served or is serving in the armed forces
9 of the United States, who was awarded the Combat Medical Badge and if
10 discharged was discharged therefrom under other than dishonorable condi-
11 tions.
12 2. The distinctive plate authorized by this section shall be issued
13 upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant is a
14 war on terror veteran.
15 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
16 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
17 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
18 provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of ten
19 dollars shall be charged for such plate.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01360-01-3
