STATE OF NEW YORK
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6969
IN SENATE
March 10, 2016
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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
