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Senate Bill S3646

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes a "kids deserve justice" distinctive license plate and the kids deserve justice distinctive plates fund

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2011-S3646 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-x, V & T L; add §95-h, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S6280

2011-S3646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the "kids deserve justice" distinctive license plate program and the "kids deserve justice distinctive plates fund"; provides for an additional annual service charge of $25 to be charged for such plates and such charge to be deposited to such fund.

2011-S3646 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3646

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 28, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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 establishing
  a "kids deserve justice" distinctive license plate; and to  amend  the
  state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the kids deserve
  justice 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 "KIDS DESERVE JUSTICE"  LICENSE  PLATES.  1.  ANY
PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
LICENSE  PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "KIDS DESERVE JUSTICE". 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 "KIDS DESERVE JUSTICE DISTINCTIVE PLATES FUND" ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-H OF THE STATE  FINANCE  LAW  AND
SHALL  GO  TO  THE  NEW  YORK BAR FOUNDATION FOR COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL
ADVOCATES (CASA) PROGRAMS.  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  ASSOCIATED  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.
                                                           LBD09845-01-1

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