Senate Bill S6089A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes a visor card for persons with traumatic brain injuries

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 18, 2012	print number 6089a
Jun 18, 2012	amend and recommit to transportation
Jan 04, 2012	referred to transportation

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2011-S6089 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-x, V & T L; add §97-llll, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S2664

2011-S6089 - Summary

Establishes a visor communication card for persons with traumatic brain injuries; creates the traumatic brain injury fund.

2011-S6089 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6089

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing visor
communication cards for persons with traumatic brain injuries; and to
amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the New York
state traumatic brain injury fund

PURPOSE:
This legislation will create a visor communication card for New York
State persons who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury.
This bill also creates the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section One - amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding section
404-x to create the visor communication card for the New York State
persons with traumatic brain injury.

Section One, part a - defines a "person with traumatic brain injury"
as any person who has an acquired injury to the brain caused by an
external physical force resulting in total or partial disability or
impairment and shall include but not be limited to damage to the
central nervous system from anoxic/hypoxic episodes or damage to the
central nervous system from allergic conditional, toxic substances
and other acute medical/clinical incidents.

Section One, part b - defines a "visor communication card" as an
identification issued by the department which identified the driver
as a person with a traumatic brain injury, as defined in this
section, and which details the appropriate procedures for assisting a
person with traumatic brain injury driver during a traffic stop as
promulgated y the department pursuant to this section.

Section One, part b - stipulates any person residing in the state of
New York upon request and accompanied by a doctor's statement
indicating that they are a person with a traumatic brain injury will
be issued a visor communication card. An application for this card
will be filed with the commissioner.

Section One, part b - creates an annual service charge of ten dollars
for the visor communication card. The ten dollar fee will be placed
in the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund. One year after the
effective date of this legislation, if the funds available in the New
York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund exceed the amount of five
thousand dollars, the money available will go to offset the costs
associated with the production of the visor communication cards.

Section two - amends the state finance law by adding section 97-1111
to create the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund.  The fund
will be regulated by both the commissioner of taxation and finance
as well as the comptroller.

Section two - stipulates the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury
Fund will consist of all revenues received from the visor
communication card. This legislation does not prohibit the Slate of


New York from receiving the any other fund or source of money,
grants, gifts or bequests for the purpose of the fund. Money from the
New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund will only be used for
programs for persons with traumatic brain injuries. Monies will be
payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on
vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

Section three - this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
day after it shall have become a law.
Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this law on
its effective date are authorized to be made on or before the
effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Recent statistics from the U.S. Army indicate that as many as one in
five American troops are returning from Operation Enduring Freedom
and Operation Iraqi Freedom with symptoms of a brain injury. Due to
increased use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), medical experts
are citing Traumatic Brain Injury, (TBI) as the signature injury of
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A soldier may be diagnosed with TBI when exposed to a blast, in a
vehicle crash, or if their head is hit or jolted while deployed.

TBI can cause a wide range of changes affecting thinking, sensation,
language, or emotions. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or
severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. Common
symptoms of TBI, even in mild cases, are dilation of one or both
pupils of the eyes, slurred speech, weakness or numbness in the
extremities, loss of coordination, and/or increased confusion,
restlessness, or agitation.

Due to these symptoms, a person diagnosed with TBI, even a mild case,
can appear to be intoxicated, or under the influence of a controlled
substance. Currently, there is no standard form of identification or
instructions to assist law enforcement that comes in contact with a
veteran or service member who has been diagnosed with TBL If any
person is stopped by a law enforcement officer and has slurred
speech, and/or appears to be slightly disorientated the police
officer is more than likely to assume they have been drinking. The
TBI identification card will list the above mentioned symptoms and
the best way to proceed with the traffic stop/inquiry.

The TBI identification card does not exclude a veteran or service
member from taking a breathalyzer or cooperating with any police
inquiry or investigation. Instead, the card quickly informs the law
enforcement office of the veteran or service member's condition and
symptoms.

Unfortunate instances where veterans or service members have been
arrested or charged with intoxication can be traumatic and/or
extremely costly to the individual. We owe it to our service men and
women to educate our communities and provide them with the correct
information to safe-guard the veterans and service members to have
risked their lives for our freedom.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:


This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law will take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
becomes law.

2011-S6089 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6089

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. BALL, LANZA, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER -- 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
  visor  communication  cards for persons with traumatic brain injuries;
  and to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  establishing  the
  New York state traumatic brain injury 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. VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD FOR THE NEW YORK STATE PERSONS WITH
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES. 1. AS USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) A "PERSON WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO
HAS AN ACQUIRED INJURY TO THE BRAIN CAUSED BY AN EXTERNAL PHYSICAL FORCE
RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY OR IMPAIRMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE
BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  DAMAGE  TO  THE  CENTRAL  NERVOUS SYSTEM FROM
ANOXIC/HYPOXIC EPISODES OR DAMAGE TO THE  CENTRAL  NERVOUS  SYSTEM  FROM
ALLERGIC  CONDITIONS,  TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND OTHER ACUTE MEDICAL/CLINICAL
INCIDENTS.
  (B) A "VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD" SHALL  MEAN  SUCH  IDENTIFICATION  AS
ISSUED  BY THE DEPARTMENT WHICH IDENTIFIES THE DRIVER AS A PERSON WITH A
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION,  AND  WHICH  DETAILS
THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES FOR ASSISTING A PERSON WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY  DRIVER  DURING  A  TRAFFIC STOP AS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  2. ANY PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE, UPON REQUEST AND ACCOMPANIED  BY
A  DOCTOR'S STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THEY ARE A PERSON WITH A TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY, SHALL BE ISSUED A VISOR  COMMUNICATION  CARD  FOR  PERSONS
WITH  TRAUMATIC  BRAIN  INJURY OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
APPLICATION FOR SUCH VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD SHALL BE  FILED  WITH  THE

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

                                                           LBD13337-01-1

S. 6089                             2

COMMISSIONER   IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
PRESCRIBE.
  3. A VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
ISSUED  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 TEN DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR
SUCH VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD.  SUCH  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGE  SHALL  BE
DEPOSITED  TO  THE  CREDIT OF THE "NEW YORK STATE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION  NINETY-SEVEN-LLLL  OF  THE  STATE
FINANCE  LAW  AND  SHALL BE USED FOR PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WITH TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-LLLL OF THE STATE  FINANCE
LAW.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION, FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THERE-
OF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED FROM SUCH FUND TO THE DEPART-
MENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH VISOR COMMU-
NICATION CARDS.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  97-llll
to read as follows:
  S  97-LLLL.  THE NEW YORK STATE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 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
NEW YORK STATE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY FUND.
  2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES  RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO  AN
APPROPRIATION  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE,  ALL  MONEYS  COLLECTED PURSUANT TO
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 PROGRAMS FOR  PERSONS
WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.
  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 MOTOR VEHICLES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
before such effective date.

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2011-S6089A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-x, V & T L; add §97-llll, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S2664

2011-S6089A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a visor communication card for persons with traumatic brain injuries; creates the traumatic brain injury fund.

2011-S6089A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6089A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing visor
communication cards for persons with traumatic brain injuries; and to
amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the New York
state traumatic brain injury fund

PURPOSE:
This legislation will create a visor communication card for New York
State persons who have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury.
This bill also creates the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section One - amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding section
404-x to create the visor communication card for the New York State
persons with traumatic brain injury.

Section One, part a - defines a "person with traumatic brain injury"
as any person who has an acquired injury to the brain caused by an
external physical force resulting in total or partial disability or
impairment and shall include but not be limited to damage to the
central nervous system from anoxiclhypoxic episodes or damage to the
central nervous system from allergic conditional, toxic substances
and other acute medical/clinical incidents.

Section One, part b - defines a "visor communication card" as an
identification issued by the department which identified the driver
as a person with a traumatic brain injury, as defined in this
section, and which details the appropriate procedures for assisting a
person with traumatic brain injury driver during a traffic stop as
promulgated y the department pursuant to this section.

Section One, part b - stipulates any person residing in the state of
New York upon request and accompanied by a doctor's statement
indicating that they are a person with a traumatic brain injury will
be issued a visor communication card. An application for this card
will be filed with the commissioner.

Section One, part b - creates an annual service charge of ten dollars
for the visor communication card. The ten dollar fee will be placed
in the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund. One year after the
effective date of this legislation, if the funds available in the New
York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund exceed the amount of five
thousand dollars, the money available will go to offset the costs
associated with the production of the visor communication cards.

Section two - amends the state finance law by adding section 97-1111
to create the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund. The fund
will be regulated by both the commissioner of taxation and finance as
well as the comptroller.

Section two - stipulates the New York State Traumatic Brain Injury
Fund will consist of all revenues received from the visor
communication card. This legislation does not prohibit the Slate of


New York from receiving the any other fund or source of money,
grants, gifts or bequests for the purpose of the fund. Money from the
New York State Traumatic Brain Injury Fund will only be used for
programs for persons with traumatic brain injuries. Monies will be
payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on
vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner of motor vehicles.

Section three - this act shall take effect on the one hundred
eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this law on its
effective date are authorized to be made on or before the effective
date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Recent statistics from the U.S. Army indicate that as many as one in
five American troops are returning from Operation Enduring Freedom and
Operation Iraqi Freedom with symptoms of a brain injury. Due to
increased use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), medical experts
are citing Traumatic Brain Injury, (TBI) as the signature injury of
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A soldier may be diagnosed with TBI when exposed to a blast, in a
vehicle crash, or if their head is hit or jolted while deployed.

TBI can cause a wide range of changes affecting thinking, sensation,
language, or emotions. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or
severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. Common
symptoms of TBI, even in mild cases, are dilation of one or both
pupils of the eyes, slurred speech, weakness or numbness in the
extremities, loss of coordination, and/or increased confusion,
restlessness, or agitation.

Due to these symptoms, a person diagnosed with TBI, even a mild case,
can appear to be intoxicated, or under the influence of a controlled
substance. Currently, there is no standard form of identification or
instructions to assist law enforcement that comes in contact with a
veteran or service member who has been diagnosed with TBL If any
person is stopped by a law enforcement officer and has slurred
speech, and/or appears to be slightly disorientated the police
officer is more than likely to assume they have been drinking. The
TBI identification card will list the above mentioned symptoms and
the best way to proceed with the traffic stop/inquiry.

The TBI identification card does not exclude a veteran or service
member from taking a breathalyzer or cooperating with any police
inquiry or investigation. Instead, the card quickly informs the law
enforcement office of the veteran or service member's condition and
symptoms.

Unfortunate instances where veterans or service members have been
arrested or charged with intoxication can be traumatic and/or
extremely costly to the individual. We owe it to our service men and
women to educate our communities and provide them with the correct
information to safe-guard the veterans and service members to have
risked their lives for our freedom.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:


New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This law will take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
becomes law.

2011-S6089A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6089--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. BALL, ADDABBO, JOHNSON, LANZA, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
  visor communication cards for persons with traumatic  brain  injuries;
  and  to  amend  the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
  New York state traumatic brain injury 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. VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD FOR THE NEW YORK STATE PERSONS  WITH
TRAUMATIC  BRAIN  INJURIES.  1.  AS  USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) A "PERSON WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON WHO
HAS AN ACQUIRED INJURY TO THE BRAIN CAUSED BY AN EXTERNAL PHYSICAL FORCE
RESULTING IN TOTAL OR PARTIAL DISABILITY OR IMPAIRMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE
BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO  DAMAGE  TO  THE  CENTRAL  NERVOUS  SYSTEM  FROM
ANOXIC/HYPOXIC  EPISODES  OR  DAMAGE  TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FROM
ALLERGIC CONDITIONS, TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND OTHER  ACUTE  MEDICAL/CLINICAL
INCIDENTS.  SUCH INJURIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, OPEN AND
CLOSED  BRAIN  INJURIES  THAT  MAY  RESULT  IN  MILD, MODERATE OR SEVERE
IMPAIRMENTS IN ONE OR MORE AREAS, INCLUDING COGNITION, LANGUAGE, MEMORY,
ATTENTION,  REASONING,  ABSTRACT  THINKING,  JUDGMENT,  PROBLEM-SOLVING,
SENSORY PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR ABILITIES, PSYCHO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, PHYSICAL
FUNCTIONS,  INFORMATION  PROCESSING AND SPEECH.  SUCH INJURIES SHALL NOT
INCLUDE PROGRESSIVE DEMENTIAS AND OTHER MENTALLY  IMPAIRING  CONDITIONS,
DEPRESSION AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN WHICH THERE IS NO KNOWN OR OBVI-
OUS  CENTRAL  NERVOUS  SYSTEM  DAMAGE, NEUROLOGICAL, METABOLIC AND OTHER
MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF CHRONIC,  CONGENITAL  OR  DEGENERATIVE  NATURE  OR
BRAIN INJURIES INDUCED BY BIRTH TRAUMA.

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

                                                           LBD13337-02-2

S. 6089--A                          2

  (B)  A  "VISOR  COMMUNICATION  CARD" SHALL MEAN SUCH IDENTIFICATION AS
ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT WHICH IDENTIFIES THE DRIVER AS A PERSON WITH  A
TRAUMATIC  BRAIN  INJURY,  AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, AND WHICH DETAILS
THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES FOR ASSISTING A PERSON WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY  DRIVER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP AS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SECTION.
  2.  ANY PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE, UPON REQUEST AND ACCOMPANIED BY
A DOCTOR'S STATEMENT INDICATING THAT THEY ARE A PERSON WITH A  TRAUMATIC
BRAIN  INJURY,  SHALL  BE  ISSUED A VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD FOR PERSONS
WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OF A DESIGN APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.
APPLICATION  FOR  SUCH  VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTA-
TION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SERVICES, SHALL PRESCRIBE.
  3. A VISOR COMMUNICATION CARD ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
ISSUED 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 TEN DOLLARS  SHALL  BE  CHARGED  FOR
SUCH  VISOR  COMMUNICATION  CARD.  SUCH  ANNUAL  SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE
DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE "NEW YORK STATE  TRAUMATIC  BRAIN  INJURY
FUND"  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-LLLL OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR PROGRAMS FOR  PERSONS  WITH  TRAUMATIC
BRAIN  INJURY PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-LLLL OF THE STATE FINANCE
LAW.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
SECTION, FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THERE-
OF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED FROM SUCH FUND TO THE DEPART-
MENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH VISOR COMMU-
NICATION CARDS.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-llll
to read as follows:
  S 97-LLLL. THE NEW YORK STATE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 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
NEW YORK STATE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY FUND.
  2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO AN
APPROPRIATION BY THE  LEGISLATURE,  ALL  MONEYS  COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO
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 PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS
WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.
  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 MOTOR VEHICLES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
before such effective date.

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