Relates to the elimination of any fees associated with the distinctive license plates for purple heart recipients; exempts purple heart recipients from all fees associated with the distinctive license plate issued to them in recognition of their purple heart award.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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670
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, ORTIZ, BRADLEY, CLARK, MILLMAN, SAYWARD
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DIAZ, EDDINGTON, MAYERSOHN,
McENENY, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, WALKER, WEISENBERG -- read once and
referred 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 arti-
7 cle], provided, however, that no registration fee or service charge
8 shall be charged for such plate. Furthermore, upon the issuance of a
9 distinctive plate pursuant to this section, such purple heart recipient
10 shall be exempt from the payment of any fees relating to the registra-
11 tion or renewal thereof as prescribed by section four hundred one of
12 this article.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00603-01-9
