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                                  5286

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. MENG, COLTON, PHEFFER, DelMONTE, GREENE, SPANO --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
  the creation of a Korean War veterans license plate

  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 KOREAN WAR VETERANS. 1. ANY KOREAN WAR
VETERAN RESIDING IN THIS STATE OR THE SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH  FORMER  KOREAN
WAR  VETERAN  SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE
WORDS "KOREAN WAR VETERAN". IF A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A KOREAN
WAR VETERAN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, ADDITIONAL DISTINCTIVE PLATES  MAY
BE  ISSUED  FOR  EVERY  VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE KOREAN WAR
VETERAN RESIDING IN THIS STATE OR IN THE NAME  OF  THE  SPOUSE  OF  SUCH
KOREAN  WAR  VETERAN.  APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED
WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
PRESCRIBE.
  2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED HEREIN SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF,
SATISFACTORY  TO  THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE APPLICANT, OR THE SPOUSE OF
THE APPLICANT, IS A  KOREAN  WAR  VETERAN.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION,  "KOREAN  WAR 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 INVOLVING THE KOREAN PENINSULA FROM JUNE TWENTY-FIFTH, NINE-
TEEN  HUNDRED FIFTY THROUGH JULY TWENTY-SEVENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-
THREE, AND WHO WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY. THE  UNREMAR-
RIED  WIDOW  OR WIDOWER OF A KOREAN WAR VETERAN SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE
TERM "SPOUSE" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
  3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT  OF  THE  REGULAR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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REGISTRATION  FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO ADDITIONAL SERVICE CHARGE  SHALL  BE  CHARGED
FOR SUCH PLATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law; provided, however that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
effective date.