A01945 Summary:

BILL NOA01945
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00531
 
SPONSORMorelle (MS)
 
COSPNSRSchroeder
 
MLTSPNSRKoon
 
Add S404-x, V & T L; add S99-t, St Fin L
 
Establishes a veterans outreach center distinctive license plate.
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A01945 Actions:

BILL NOA01945
 
01/14/2009referred to transportation
01/06/2010referred to transportation
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A01945 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01945 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1945
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 14, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, SCHROEDER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. KOON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
          in relation to creating  the  veteran's  outreach  center  distinctive
          license  plate  program and applying the revenues raised from such new

          program to the purposes of supporting the  veteran's  outreach  center
          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-x to read as follows:
     3    § 404-x. Distinctive veteran's outreach center license plates.  1. Any
     4  person  residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinc-
     5  tive veteran's outreach center license plate in support of the Veteran's
     6  Outreach Center, Inc. in Rochester, New York bearing the phrase "Serving
     7  Those Who Serve U.S.". Application for said license plate shall be filed
     8  with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner  shall

     9  prescribe.  The  commissioner shall provide conspicuous notice to appli-
    10  cants, in such form and manner  acceptable  to  the  commissioner,  that
    11  surcharges  from  the  issuance of such distinctive license plate shall,
    12  when available, be used for comprehensive  veterans'  outreach  services
    13  provided by the Veteran's Outreach Center, Inc. in Rochester, New York.
    14    2. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
    15  in  the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regu-
    16  lar registration fee prescribed by section  four  hundred  one  of  this
    17  article;  provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of
    18  twenty-five dollars shall  be  charged  for  such  plates.  Such  annual

    19  service  charge shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section
    20  four hundred four-oo of this article to the credit of the department  of
    21  motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section
    22  ninety-five-g  of  the  state  finance  law  and  shall  be used for the
    23  production, design, advertising and  marketing  of  distinctive  license
    24  plates  pursuant  to such section ninety-five-g; provided, however, that
    25  annual service charges collected in excess of six thousand dollars shall
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01747-01-9


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     1  be deposited to the credit  of  the  "veteran's  outreach  center  fund"
     2  established  pursuant  to section ninety-nine-t of the state finance law
     3  and shall be used for grants to the Veteran's Outreach Center,  Inc.  in
     4  Rochester,  New  York  for  the  provision  of  comprehensive  veterans'
     5  outreach services pursuant to section ninety-nine-t of the state finance
     6  law; provided, further, that one year after the effective date  of  this
     7  section,  funds in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or
     8  so much thereof as may be available, shall be allocated from  such  fund
     9  to the department to offset costs associated with the production of such
    10  license plates.

    11    §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-t to
    12  read as follows:
    13    § 99-t. Veteran's outreach center fund. 1. There is hereby established
    14  in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the
    15  comptroller, a special fund to be known as the veteran's outreach center
    16  fund.
    17    2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received  pursuant  to  the
    18  provisions  of  section  four  hundred four-x of the vehicle and traffic
    19  law, all revenues received pursuant to an appropriation by the  legisla-
    20  ture, and all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred there-
    21  to  from  any  other  fund  or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained
    22  herein shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts, or bequests

    23  for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section  and  depositing
    24  them into the fund according to law.
    25    3.  Monies of the fund shall be expended only for grants to the Veter-
    26  an's Outreach Center, Inc. in  Rochester,  New  York,  a  not-for-profit
    27  corporation exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal
    28  revenue  code  established in this state with a voluntary board, for the
    29  purpose of providing comprehensive veterans' outreach services. As  used
    30  in  this section, "comprehensive veterans' outreach services" shall mean
    31  services provided to, or projects for the benefit of, veterans and their
    32  families who are residents of this state, pertaining to health,  medical

    33  and  rehabilitation services, employment and re-employment services, and
    34  other services addressing the needs  of  veterans  and  their  families,
    35  exclusive of administrative expenses, including, but not limited to:
    36    a. career counseling;
    37    b. job development;
    38    c. mentoring;
    39    d. benefits assistance;
    40    e. substance abuse and mental health counseling;
    41    f. veteran advocacy and community education;
    42    g. transportation;
    43    h. social services;
    44    i. emergency, transitional, and supportive housing;
    45    j. medical facility referrals;
    46    k. case management; and
    47    l. capital projects in support of such programs.

    48    4.  Monies  shall  be  payable from the fund to the Veteran's Outreach
    49  Center, Inc. in Rochester, New York on the  audit  and  warrant  of  the
    50  comptroller on vouchers approved by the comptroller.  No money from such
    51  fund  may be withdrawn, transferred, or used by any person or entity for
    52  any purpose other than as permitted by this section.
    53    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    54  it shall have become a law.
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