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A01683 Summary:

A01683 Actions:

A01683 Committee Votes:

Committee:TRANSPORTATION   Chair:Gantt      
DATE:06/06/2016AYE/NAY:24/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Gantt
Aye
McDonough
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
DiPietro
Aye
Schimel
Excused
Lupinacci
Aye
DenDekker
Aye
Nojay
Aye
Crespo
Aye
Murray
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Skartados
Aye
Skoufis
Aye
Steck
Aye
Brindisi
Aye
Simon
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:06/06/2016AYE/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
Saladino
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Corwin
Excused
Perry
Excused
Malliotakis
Aye
Colton
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Wright
Excused
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Markey
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/08/2016AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Tedisco
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Finch
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Wright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Markey
Aye

A01683 Floor Votes:

A01683 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1683--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on  Trans-
          portation  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
          the  issuance  of  license  plates  bearing  the words "Cure Childhood
          Cancer" and to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establish-
          ing the cure childhood cancer trust fund
 
          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-cc to read as follows:
     3    §  404-cc.  Distinctive "Cure Childhood Cancer" plates. 1.  Any person
     4  residing in this state shall upon request be issued a distinctive  plate
     5  in  support  of childhood cancer research bearing the words "Cure Child-
     6  hood Cancer".   Application for such plates  shall  be  filed  with  the
     7  commissioner   in  such  form  and  detail  as  the  commissioner  shall
     8  prescribe.
     9    2. Any distinctive plate issued pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be
    10  issued in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the
    11  regular  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this
    12  article; provided, however, that an additional annual service charge  of
    13  twenty-five  dollars  shall  be  charged  for such plate.   Such service
    14  charge shall be deposited pursuant to the  provisions  of  section  four
    15  hundred four-oo of this article to the credit of the department of motor
    16  vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section nine-
    17  ty-five-g  of  the  state  finance law and shall be used for the design,
    18  production, advertising and distribution of distinctive  license  plates
    19  in  accordance  with such section ninety-five-g. Provided, however, that
    20  annual surcharges collected in excess of six thousand dollars  shall  be
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00872-02-6
        A. 1683--A                          2
 
     1  deposited  to  the  credit  of the "cure childhood cancer research fund"
     2  established pursuant to section ninety-nine-z of the state  finance  law
     3  and  shall  be used for research programs undertaken pursuant to section
     4  ninety-nine-z of the state finance law.
     5    §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-z to
     6  read as follows:
     7    § 99-z. Cure childhood cancer research fund. 1. There is hereby estab-
     8  lished in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and  finance
     9  and  the  comptroller  a  fund to be known as the "cure childhood cancer
    10  research fund".
    11    2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received  pursuant  to  the
    12  provisions  of  section  four hundred four-cc of the vehicle and traffic
    13  law and all other moneys appropriated, credited or  transferred  thereto
    14  from any other fund or source pursuant to law.  Nothing contained herein
    15  shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the
    16  purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into
    17  the fund according to law.
    18    2-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller
    19  shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speak-
    20  er  of  the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair of
    21  the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited  in
    22  the  cure  childhood  cancer research fund during the preceding calendar
    23  year as the result of revenue derived pursuant to section  four  hundred
    24  four-cc  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law  and from grants, gifts and
    25  bequests.
    26    2-b. On or before the first day of February each year, the commission-
    27  er of health shall provide a written report to the  temporary  president
    28  of  the  senate,  speaker  of  the assembly, chair of the senate finance
    29  committee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of  the
    30  senate  committee on health, chair of the assembly health committee, the
    31  state comptroller and the public. Such  report  shall  include  how  the
    32  monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year, and
    33  shall include:
    34    (i)  the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process
    35  used for such disbursements;
    36    (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;
    37    (iii) the amount awarded to each;
    38    (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and
    39    (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include esti-
    40  mates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeed-
    41  ing fiscal years, along with the actual results from  the  prior  fiscal
    42  year.
    43    3.  Monies  of  the  fund  shall be expended only for childhood cancer
    44  research projects approved by the  department  of  health  in  New  York
    45  state.  As  used  in  this  section, the term "childhood cancer research
    46  project" means scientific research into the causes, prevention,  screen-
    47  ing, treatment and cure of childhood cancers.
    48    4.  Monies  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
    49  the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by  the  commissioner
    50  of health.
    51    5.  To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall ensure
    52  that all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to  the
    53  end of that fiscal year.
    54    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    55  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    56  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
        A. 1683--A                          3
 
     1  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
     2  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
     3  effective date.