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                                  5476

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 22, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating the
  organ donor distinctive license plate program; and to amend the  state
  finance  law, in relation to establishing the "organ donor distinctive
  plates 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 FAMILY OF AN ORGAN DONOR LICENSE PLATES.  1.  ANY
PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
LICENSE  PLATE  BEARING  THE WORDS "ORGAN DONOR FAMILY". APPLICATION FOR
SAID LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM
AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
  2.  ANY  DISTINCTIVE  PLATES  ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS
ARTICLE  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATES. TWENTY DOLLARS  OF
EACH SUCH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO
THE  CREDIT  OF  THE  "ORGAN  DONOR DISTINCTIVE PLATES FUND" ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL  BE
USED  FOR  RESEARCH  BY  ORGAN  PROCUREMENT  ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATION
PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT
ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, FUNDS IN  THE  AMOUNT
OF  SEVEN  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE
AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS  ASSOCI-
ATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-h to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09625-01-1
              

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  S 95-H. "ORGAN DONOR DISTINCTIVE PLATES  FUND".  1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY
ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN  AS  THE  "ORGAN
DONOR DISTINCTIVE PLATES 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. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE  EXPENDED  ONLY  FOR  ORGAN  TRANSPLANT
RESEARCH  BY  ORGAN  PROCUREMENT  ORGANIZATIONS  AND  EDUCATION PROJECTS
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
  4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
OF HEALTH.
  5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL  ENSURE
THAT  ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE
END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, any rules  and  regu-
lations  required  to implement the provisions of this act on its effec-
tive date shall be promulgated on or before such date.