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                                  3432

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. RABBITT, RAIA, KATZ, McKEVITT, FINCH -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  CROUCH, MONTESANO, TITONE -- read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
  of distinctive plates for veterans of the Iraq conflict

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 404-x to read as follows:
  S 404-X. DISTINCTIVE PLATES FOR VETERANS OF THE IRAQ CONFLICT.  1. ANY
IRAQ  CONFLICT  VETERAN  OR  THE  SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH VETERAN SHALL, UPON
REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE  BEARING  THE  WORDS  "IRAQ  CONFLICT
VETERAN". IF A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A VETERAN PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION,  SUCH  A DISTINCTIVE PLATE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSE OF
SUCH VETERAN. APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER   SHALL
PRESCRIBE.
  2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE
APPLICANT OR THE SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT IS AN IRAQ CONFLICT VETERAN.
  3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "IRAQ  CONFLICT  VETERAN"  SHALL
MEAN  A  PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE HOSTILITIES  THAT  OCCURRED  IN  IRAQ
COMMENCING  ON THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND THREE, AND WERE
HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY.
  4. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT  OF  THE  REGULAR
REGISTRATION  FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TIME  SERVICE  CHARGE  OF  TEN
DOLLARS  SHALL  BE  CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.   SUCH ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE
SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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FOUR-OO  OF  THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI-
CLES  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  DEVELOPMENT  FUND   ESTABLISHED   BY   SECTION
NINETY-FIVE-G  OF  THE  STATE  FINANCE  LAW  AND  SHALL  BE USED FOR THE
PRODUCTION,  DESIGN,  ADVERTISING  AND  MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE
PLATES PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G.
  5. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE  OF  A  SPECIAL
NUMBER  PLATE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER IS SATISFIED
THAT THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES  COLLECTED  PURSUANT
TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF THIS SECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO RECOVER THE
COSTS OF THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SUCH SPECIAL PLATES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.