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                                   6216
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   the creation of mental health matters license plates; and to amend the
   state finance law, in relation to the mental illness anti-stigma 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-dd to read as follows:
   § 404-DD. MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON RESIDING
 IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATE
 OF  A  DESIGN DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH  IN  SUPPORT  OF
 ENDING THE STIGMA RELATED TO MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH BEARING THE PHRASES
 "HEALTHY MIND, HEALTHY NEW YORK" AND "END THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS".
 APPLICATION  FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER
 IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   2. 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 ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF TWENTY-
 FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATES.
   3. EACH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS RECEIVED  AS  THE  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGE
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED  TO THE CREDIT OF THE "MENTAL
 ILLNESS ANTI-STIGMA FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION  NINETY-FIVE-H
 OF  THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
 GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING THE STIGMA ATTACHED  TO
 MENTAL  ILLNESS AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS PURSUANT TO SECTION
 7.47 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 95-h of the state finance law, as  added
 by chapter 422 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   2.  Such  fund  shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the
 provisions of section six hundred twenty-nine-a of the tax law,  SECTION
 FOUR  HUNDRED  FOUR-DD  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW, all revenues
 received pursuant to appropriations by the legislature, and  all  moneys
 appropriated,  credited  or  transferred  thereto from any other fund or
 source pursuant to law. No moneys credited  to  such  fund  pursuant  to
 section  six  hundred  twenty-nine-a  of  the tax law shall be deemed to
 authorize the reduction of the amount of monies  otherwise  appropriated
 by  the  state  for  the  purpose  of eliminating the stigma attached to
 mental illness.
   § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-dd  of
 the  vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a  surety  bond
 in  the  amount  of  six  thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
 surety company authorized by the department  of  financial  services  to
 transact  business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis-
 sioner of motor vehicles shall have  received  prior  to  plate  design,
 production and issuance of at least two hundred orders for such distinc-
 tive plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable
 to  each  such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond
 shall be required.   All service  charges  collected  pursuant  to  this
 section  shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo
 of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of  motor
 vehicles  distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g
 of the state finance law and shall be used for the  design,  production,
 advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance
 with such section 95-g.
   2.  If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
 distinctive plates in the  series  are  first  available  for  sale  two
 hundred  or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant
 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
 such plates are sold by such time,  the  department  of  motor  vehicles
 shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate
 to such shortfall.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become  a law; provided, however, that section three of
 this act shall take effect immediately; and  provided  further,  however
 that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized and directed to be made and  completed  on
 or before such effective date.

                            
 
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                                  6216--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, ORTIZ -- read once and referred 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 authorizing
   the creation of mental illness  anti-stigma  license  plates;  and  to
   amend  the  state finance law, in relation to the mental illness anti-
   stigma 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-dd to read as follows:
   § 404-DD. MENTAL ILLNESS ANTI-STIGMA LICENSE  PLATES.  1.  ANY  PERSON
 RESIDING  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL,  UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
 LICENSE PLATE OF A DESIGN DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN
 SUPPORT OF ENDING THE STIGMA RELATED TO MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH  BEARING
 THE  PHRASE  "HEALTHY  MIND,  HEALTHY  NEW YORK".   APPLICATION FOR SAID
 LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND
 DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   2. 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 ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE  OF  TWENTY-
 FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATES.
   3.  EACH  TWENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  RECEIVED  AS THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED  TO  THE  CREDIT  OF  THE  "MENTAL
 ILLNESS  ANTI-STIGMA FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-H
 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  PROVIDING
 GRANTS  TO ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING THE STIGMA ATTACHED TO
 MENTAL ILLNESS AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS PURSUANT TO  SECTION
 7.47 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   §  2. Subdivision 2 of section 95-h of the state finance law, as added
 by chapter 422 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Such  fund  shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the
 provisions of section six hundred twenty-nine-a of the tax law,  SECTION
 FOUR  HUNDRED  FOUR-DD  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW, all revenues
 received pursuant to appropriations by the legislature, and  all  moneys
 appropriated,  credited  or  transferred  thereto from any other fund or
 source pursuant to law. No moneys credited  to  such  fund  pursuant  to
 section  six  hundred  twenty-nine-a  of  the tax law shall be deemed to
 authorize the reduction of the amount of monies  otherwise  appropriated
 by  the  state  for  the  purpose  of eliminating the stigma attached to
 mental illness.
   § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-dd  of
 the  vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a  surety  bond
 in  the  amount  of  six  thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
 surety company authorized by the department  of  financial  services  to
 transact  business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis-
 sioner of motor vehicles shall have  received  prior  to  plate  design,
 production and issuance of at least two hundred orders for such distinc-
 tive plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable
 to  each  such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond
 shall be required.   All service  charges  collected  pursuant  to  this
 section  shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo
 of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of  motor
 vehicles  distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g
 of the state finance law and shall be used for the  design,  production,
 advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance
 with such section 95-g.
   2.  If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
 distinctive plates in the  series  are  first  available  for  sale  two
 hundred  or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant
 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
 such plates are sold by such time,  the  department  of  motor  vehicles
 shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate
 to such shortfall.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become  a law; provided, however, that section three of
 this act shall take effect immediately; and  provided  further,  however
 that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized and directed to be made and  completed  on
 or before such effective date.