STATE OF NEW YORK
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4603--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation -- 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 waiving
certain fees for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one
remembrance" license plates for certain first responders
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 404-ee of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
2 chapter 224 of the laws of 2018, is amended by adding a new subdivision
3 4 to read as follows:
4 4. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision two of this section and the fees
5 prescribed or permitted by section four hundred one of this article,
6 there shall be no charge for the issuance of a number plate pursuant to
7 this section to a person who sustained a permanent disability as a
8 result of his or her participation in the rescue effort that was
9 conducted in response to the World Trade Center attack on September
10 eleventh, two thousand one, or to the spouse of a person who sustained a
11 permanent disability or died as a result of such rescue effort. Further-
12 more, upon the issuance of a distinctive plate pursuant to this section,
13 such person shall be exempt from the payment of any fees relating to the
14 registration or renewal thereof as prescribed by section four hundred
15 one of this article.
16 (b) The fees authorized pursuant to this section shall be waived only
17 upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or the
18 spouse of the applicant is eligible for such waiver of fees.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
20 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
21 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
22 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
23 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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