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                                   2609
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
   of a distinctive license plate for Iraq War  and  War  in  Afghanistan
   veterans
 
   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-y to read as follows:
   § 404-Y. DISTINCTIVE PLATES FOR IRAQ WAR AND WAR IN AFGHANISTAN VETER-
 ANS.  1. ANY IRAQ WAR OR WAR IN AFGHANISTAN VETERAN OR THE SPOUSE OF ANY
 SUCH VETERAN SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING  THE
 WORDS  "IRAQ WAR VETERAN" OR "WAR IN AFGHANISTAN VETERAN". IF A DISTINC-
 TIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A VETERAN  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH  A
 DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  SHALL  NOT  BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSE OF SUCH VETERAN.
 APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE  COMMISSIONER
 IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   2.  THE  DISTINCTIVE  PLATES  AUTHORIZED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER,
 THAT  THE APPLICANT OR THE SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT IS AN IRAQ WAR OR WAR
 IN AFGHANISTAN VETERAN.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "IRAQ WAR VETERAN" SHALL  MEAN  A
 PERSON  WHO  IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES
 OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE HOSTILITIES THAT OCCURRED IN IRAQ  FROM  THE
 TWENTIETH  DAY  OF  MARCH,  TWO  THOUSAND THREE TO THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF
 DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, AND WAS  HONORABLY  DISCHARGED  FROM  THE
 MILITARY.
   4.  "WAR IN AFGHANISTAN VETERAN" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT
 OF THIS STATE, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE  UNITED  STATES  IN
 THE  HOSTILITIES  THAT OCCURRED IN AFGHANISTAN FROM THE TWENTIETH DAY OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04885-02-7
              

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 SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND ONE TO THE  END  OF  SUCH  HOSTILITIES  AND  WAS
 HONORABLY DISCHARGED BY THE MILITARY.
   5. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
 IN  THE  SAME  MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR
 REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  ARTICLE
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  ADDITIONAL ONE TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TEN
 DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.
   6. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE  OF  A
 SPECIAL  NUMBER  PLATE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER IS
 SATISFIED THAT THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES  COLLECTED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS  SECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO
 RECOVER THE COSTS OF THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SUCH SPECIAL PLATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.