Senate Bill S2699

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  2699

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- 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 providing
  for distinctive license plates bearing the words "New York salutes the
  10th Mountain Division"  and  to  amend  the  state  finance  law,  in
  relation  to  creating  the 10th Mountain Division (Light) scholarship
  fund

  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 BEARING THE WORDS "NEW  YORK  SALUTES  THE
10TH  MOUNTAIN  DIVISION".  1.  ANY PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL,
UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE  BEARING  THE  WORDS  "NEW  YORK
SALUTES  THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION". APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE
SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE
COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PRESCRIBE,  AND  SHALL  BE VERIFIED ANNUALLY BY THE
APPLICANT.
  2. 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 TWEN-
TY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.   SUCH  ANNUAL  SERVICE
CHARGE  SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE "10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION (LIGHT) SCHOL-
ARSHIP FUND" AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SECTION  NINETY-NINE-T  OF  THE
STATE  FINANCE  LAW  AND  SHALL BE USED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS APPROVED BY THE
NORTHERN NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, INC. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE
YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION FUNDS  IN  THE  AMOUNT  OF
FIVE  THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE, SHALL BE
ALLOCATED TO THE "DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE  DEVEL-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08985-01-9

              

S. 2699                             2

OPMENT  FUND"  AS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE
STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S 2. The state finance law is amending by adding a new section 99-t to
read as follows:
  S 99-T. THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION (LIGHT) SCHOLARSHIP FUND. 1.  THERE
IS  HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXA-
TION AND FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS  THE
10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION (LIGHT) SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
  2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO
FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS
SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING
THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
  3. MONEYS OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO  THE
NORTHERN  NEW  YORK  COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, INC., A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPO-
RATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO A CURRENT MEMBER OR
FORMER MEMBER OF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION, OR A FAMILY MEMBER OF  SUCH
MEMBER OR FORMER MEMBER.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.