STATE OF NEW YORK
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1230--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 7, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, DICKENS, COLTON, SANTABARBARA,
SAYEGH, WILLIAMS, CUSICK, THIELE, CRUZ, STERN, WEPRIN, DARLING, JONES,
JACKSON, B. MILLER, SMULLEN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly
Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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 eliminating
additional fees for special license plates issued to veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 105 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 1-a. The commissioner may issue special number plates to applicants
5 who are members of veterans organizations in the same manner as other
6 number plates are issued pursuant to this article. Such special number
7 plates shall be issued [only] upon [(a)] payment of [a one-time service
8 charge of ten dollars in addition to] the regular registration fee
9 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, and [(b)]
10 submission of proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli-
11 cant is presently a member of the veterans organization for which such
12 plate is requested. Such membership shall be verified annually by the
13 applicant. Application for such plates shall be made in accordance with
14 regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect to the issuance
15 of such plates. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall
16 be deemed to supersede the provisions of section four hundred four-d,
17 four hundred four-e, four hundred four-h, four hundred four-i, four
18 hundred four-j, four hundred four-k, four hundred four-p, four hundred
19 four-aa, or four hundred four-dd of this article.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 404-h of the vehicle and traffic law, as
2 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
5 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
6 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article
7 [provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of ten
8 dollars shall be charged for such plate].
9 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 404-j of the vehicle and traffic law, as
10 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
11 follows:
12 4. Fee. A special plate and registration issued pursuant to this
13 section shall be issued upon payment of the regular registration fee
14 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article [provided, howev-
15 er, that an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars shall be
16 charged for such plate].
17 § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law, as
18 amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
19 follows:
20 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
21 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
22 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti-
23 cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of
24 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate. Provided, however, that one
25 year after the effective date of this section funds in the amount of
26 five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall be
27 allocated from such funds to the department to offset costs associated
28 with the production of such license plates].
29 § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
30 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
31 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
32 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
33 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti-
34 cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of
35 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate].
36 § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
37 added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
38 4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
39 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
40 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article
41 [provided, however, that an additional one time service charge of ten
42 dollars shall be charged for such plate].
43 § 7. Subdivision 3 of section 404-aa of the vehicle and traffic law,
44 as added by chapter 103 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
45 follows:
46 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
47 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
48 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti-
49 cle[; provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of
50 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate].
51 § 8. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
52 the date on which it shall have become a law.
