STATE OF NEW YORK
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4414
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 4, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 authorizing
the issuance of distinctive license plates for family members of
service members who died in the line of duty
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 license plates for family members of service
4 members who died in the line of duty. 1. For purposes of this section,
5 "family members of a fallen service member who died in the line of duty"
6 shall mean a spouse, parent, sibling or child of a fallen service member
7 who died in the course of his or her employment or performance of duties
8 as a member of the United States Armed Services.
9 2. Any family member of a service member who died in the line of duty
10 and who resides in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinc-
11 tive license plate bearing the words "Family of a Fallen Sailor", "Fami-
12 ly of a Fallen Marine", "Family of a Fallen Soldier" or "Family of a
13 Fallen Airman" or "Family of a Fallen Guardsman" of a design approved by
14 the commissioner. Application for such license plate shall be filed with
15 the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall
16 prescribe and shall be verified annually by the applicant.
17 3. A distinctive plate authorized pursuant to subdivision two of this
18 section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,
19 that the applicant is a family member of a service member who died in
20 the line of duty.
21 4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
22 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
23 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
24 provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 five dollars shall be charged for such plate. Such annual service charge
2 shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section four hundred
3 four-oo of this article to the credit of the department of motor vehi-
4 cles distinctive plate development fund established by section ninety-
5 five-g of the state finance law and shall be used for the production,
6 design, advertising and marketing of distinctive license plates pursuant
7 to such section ninety-five-g.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
9 it shall have become a law.
