STATE OF NEW YORK
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958
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 5, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. CROCI, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, HANNON, LARKIN,
MARCHIONE, SEWARD -- 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 establishing
distinctive number plates for gold star fathers
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-ii to read as follows:
3 § 404-ii. Distinctive plates for gold star fathers. 1. Any gold star
4 father or the spouse of a gold star father residing in this state shall,
5 upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "gold star
6 father". If a distinctive plate is issued to a gold star father pursuant
7 to this section, additional distinctive plates may be issued for every
8 vehicle registered in the name of the gold star father recipient resid-
9 ing in this state or the spouse of such gold star father. Application
10 for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form
11 and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
12 2. The distinctive plate authorized pursuant to this section shall be
13 issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant
14 or the spouse of the applicant is a gold star father.
15 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
16 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
17 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
18 provided, however, that no service charge shall be charged for such
19 plate.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
21 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01742-01-7
