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Assembly Bill A5981

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing one license plate to be issued for a vehicle

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2011-A5981 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §401, V & T L; amd §97-qq, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10912
2013-2014: A6469
2015-2016: A3671
2017-2018: A4868
2019-2020: A5377
2021-2022: A4008
2023-2024: A6608
2025-2026: A4998

2011-A5981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing, for a fee, one license plate to be issued and displayed on the rear of a vehicle and directs funds gathered to the account established in a vehicle and directs funds gathered to be deposited in the New York state wireless telephone emergency account.

2011-A5981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5981

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BURLING, FINCH, CORWIN, SALADINO -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  CASTRO -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
  tee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
  in relation to allowing for a fee for one license plate to  be  issued
  and displayed on the rear of a vehicle

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph a-1 to read as follows:
  A-1. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION
UPON PAYMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF FIFTY DOLLARS, PAID ANNUALLY TO THE
COMMISSIONER, THE APPLICANT, SHALL BE ISSUED AND  RECEIVE  ONE  NUMBERED
PLATE TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ONLY.  ALL MONIES GATH-
ERED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NEW
YORK STATE WIRELESS TELEPHONE EMERGENCY ACCOUNT AS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION
NINETY-SEVEN-QQ OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.  WHENEVER THE TERM "PLATES" IS
USED OR REFERRED TO IN THIS CHAPTER, IT SHALL BE DEEMED TO  INCLUDE  ONE
PLATE AS PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
  S 2. Section 97-qq of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3.  ALL  MONIES GATHERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED ONE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW SHALL BE DEPOSITED EXCLUSIVE-
LY IN THIS ACCOUNT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03532-01-1

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