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Assembly Bill A1607

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows the transfer of a purple heart license plate to an immediate family member

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2009-A1607 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง404-e, V & T L

2009-A1607 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the transfer of a purple heart license plate to an immediate family member.

2009-A1607 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1607

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing the
  transfer of a purple heart license plate to an immediate family member

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 404-e of the vehicle and
traffic law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter  732  of  the  laws  of
2004,  and  subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991,
are amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
  1. Any purple heart recipient residing in this state or  the  [spouse]
IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBER  of any such recipient shall, upon request, be
issued a license plate bearing the words "combat wounded" and  inscribed
the  purple  heart  medal imprint. If a distinctive plate is issued to a
purple heart recipient pursuant to this section, additional  distinctive
plates  may  be  issued  for every vehicle registered in the name of the
purple heart recipient residing in this state or the [spouse]  IMMEDIATE
FAMILY  MEMBER  of  such  purple heart recipient.   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]
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER of the applicant is a purple heart recipient.
  4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "IMMEDIATE FAMILY  MEMBER"  SHALL
MEAN A HUSBAND, WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER, STEPSON OR STEPDAUGHTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02481-01-9

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