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Assembly Bill A5907A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish gift cards for distinctive and special number license plates

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2013-A5907 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §404-oo, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5030
2017-2018: A1058
2019-2020: A5551
2021-2022: A6264

2013-A5907 - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish gift cards for distinctive and special number license plates.

2013-A5907 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5907

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
  the  commissioner of motor vehicles to establish gift cards for vanity
  license plates

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

  Section  1.  Section  404 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. (A) THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
ESTABLISHING GIFT CARDS FOR VANITY LICENSE PLATES.
  (B)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE TERM "GIFT CARD" SHALL MEAN A
RESTRICTED MONETARY EQUIVALENT OR VOUCHER THAT,  WHEN  REDEEMED  BY  THE
HOLDER, ENTITLES SUCH PERSON TO A VALID VANITY LICENSE PLATE.
  (C)  ALL  REVENUES  FROM  THE SALE OF VANITY PLATE GIFT CARDS SHALL BE
PAID TO THE DEPARTMENT AND USED FOR EMPLOYEE  CONTINUING  EDUCATION  AND
TRAINING, MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC, AND THE NEW YORK
DEDICATED HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE TRUST FUND.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09025-01-3

2013-A5907A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §404-oo, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5030
2017-2018: A1058
2019-2020: A5551
2021-2022: A6264

2013-A5907A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish gift cards for distinctive and special number license plates.

2013-A5907A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 5907--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
  accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
  the  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  to  establish  gift  cards for
  distinctive and special number license plates

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

  Section  1. Section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
chapter 406 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  S 404-oo. Deposit of service charges for distinctive  license  plates;
ISSUANCE  OF  GIFT CARDS.  1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision
of this chapter or of any other law, the first six thousand  dollars  of
service  charges  collected  for  issuance of distinctive license plates
established pursuant to this article on or after the effective  date  of
this  section  and, unless otherwise specified, any amounts in excess of
such six thousand dollars, shall be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the
department  of  motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund estab-
lished pursuant to section ninety-five-g of the state  finance  law  and
shall  be  used for the production, design, advertising and distribution
of such distinctive license plates established pursuant to this  article
on or after the effective date of this section.
  2.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISH-
ING GIFT CARDS FOR DISTINCTIVE AND SPECIAL NUMBER LICENSE  PLATES.  SUCH
GIFT  CARDS  SHALL  BE  REDEEMABLE UPON PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSIONER
WITH AN APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL  OF  DISTINCTIVE  AND/OR
SPECIAL  NUMBER  LICENSE PLATES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. NO
FEE SHALL BE CHARGED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH GIFT CARDS, NOR SHALL  ANY
FEES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SERVICE FEES AND DORMANCY OR INACTIV-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09025-02-4

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