Senate Bill S320

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Allows retired military service members to qualify for distinctive license plates

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S320 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง404-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S4519

2011-S320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows retired military service members to qualify for distinctive license plates.

2011-S320 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   320

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MAZIARZ,  ADAMS, ALESI, HANNON, HASSELL-THOMPSON,
  JOHNSON, LARKIN, NOZZOLIO, OPPENHEIMER, RANZENHOFER,  SEWARD  --  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  allowing
  retired service members to qualify for distinctive license plates

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

  Section 1. Section 404-d of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
chapter 486 of the laws of 1996 and subdivision 3 as amended by  chapter
415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  S  404-d.  Distinctive plates for members of the organized militia and
reserve. 1. Any CURRENT, ACTIVE OR RETIRED member of the organized mili-
tia of the state of New York and any member of a reserve unit from  this
state  of  any  branch  of  the armed forces of the United States or the
spouse of any such member shall, upon request, be issued a license plate
bearing a militiaman and the appropriate organization --  army  national
guard,  air  national guard, state guard or naval militia, army reserve,
marine corps reserve, air force reserve, navy  reserve  or  coast  guard
reserve.  If  a distinctive plate is issued to a member of the organized
militia pursuant to this section, such a distinctive plate shall not  be
issued  to  the spouse of such member of the organized militia. Applica-
tion for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such
form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be  veri-
fied annually by the applicant.
  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 presently  [an]  A  CURRENT,
active OR RETIRED member of the organized militia or reserve.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00653-01-1

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