Relates to the issuance of a distinctive license plate for members of the New York state Elks association of the benevolent and protective order of the Elks.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8869
IN SENATE
May 30, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. AMEDORE -- 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 the issuance
of a distinctive license plate for members of the New York state Elks
association of the benevolent and protective order of the Elks
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-z to read as follows:
3 § 404-z. Distinctive "Elks Association" license plates. 1. Any member
4 of the New York state Elks association of the benevolent and protective
5 order of the Elks residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued
6 a license plate bearing the words "Elks Association". Application for
7 said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and
8 detail as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be verified annu-
9 ally by the applicant.
10 2. The distinctive plate authorized in this section shall be issued
11 upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant is
12 presently an active member of the New York state Elks association of the
13 benevolent and protective order of the Elks.
14 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
15 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
16 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
17 provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty-
18 five dollars shall be charged for such plate.
19 § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-z of
20 the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
21 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond
22 in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
23 surety company authorized by the department of financial services to
24 transact business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis-
25 sioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior to plate design,
26 production and issuance at least two hundred orders for such distinctive
27 plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 each such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond
2 shall be required. All service charges collected pursuant to this
3 section shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo
4 of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor
5 vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g
6 of the state finance law and shall be used for the design, production,
7 advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance
8 with such section 95-g.
9 2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
10 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale two
11 hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant
12 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
13 such plates are sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles
14 shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate
15 to such shortfall.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
17 section one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
18 day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addi-
19 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
20 the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to
21 be made and completed on or before such effective date.
