Senate Bill S226B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

Bill Amendments

2017-S226 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8200
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-z, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S499, A5099
2011-2012: S7056, A5202
2013-2014: S1960, A4526
2015-2016: S690, A4456, A3874
2019-2020: S4976, A778, A1276
2021-2022: S3873, A4431, A6777
2023-2024: S6486, A6411

2017-S226 - Summary

Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund.

2017-S226 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S226 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    226
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  authorizing
   the  issuance of distinctive license plates for family members of paid
   professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty
 
   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 LICENSE PLATES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF PAID PROFES-
 SIONAL FIREFIGHTERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY.   1. FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  "FAMILY  MEMBERS  OF A PAID PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER WHO
 DIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY" SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PART-
 NER, PARENT, SIBLING OR CHILD OF A  PAID  PROFESSIONAL  FIREFIGHTER  WHO
 DIED  IN THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES AS
 A FIREFIGHTER.
   2. ANY FAMILY MEMBER OF A PAID PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER  WHO  DIED  IN
 THE  LINE-OF-DUTY  AND WHO RESIDES IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE
 ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS  "SURVIVOR  OF  THE
 BRAVEST" OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  APPLICATION FOR SUCH
 LICENSE  PLATE  SHALL  BE  FILED  WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND
 DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE AND SHALL BE VERIFIED ANNUAL-
 LY BY THE APPLICANT.
   3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER,
 THAT THE APPLICANT IS A FAMILY MEMBER OF A PAID PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER
 WHO DIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY.
   4. 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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

2017-S226A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8200
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-z, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S499, A5099
2011-2012: S7056, A5202
2013-2014: S1960, A4526
2015-2016: S690, A4456, A3874
2019-2020: S4976, A778, A1276
2021-2022: S3873, A4431, A6777
2023-2024: S6486, A6411

2017-S226A - Summary

Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund.

2017-S226A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S226A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  226--A
     Cal. No. 465
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  report,  amended  on
   first  report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and ordered reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   the  issuance of distinctive license plates for family members of paid
   professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty
 
   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 LICENSE PLATES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF PAID PROFES-
 SIONAL FIREFIGHTERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY.   1. FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  "FAMILY  MEMBERS  OF A PAID PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER WHO
 DIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY" SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PART-
 NER, PARENT, SIBLING OR CHILD OF A  PAID  PROFESSIONAL  FIREFIGHTER  WHO
 DIED  IN THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES AS
 A FIREFIGHTER.
   2. ANY FAMILY MEMBER OF A PAID PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER  WHO  DIED  IN
 THE  LINE-OF-DUTY  AND WHO RESIDES IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE
 ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS  "SURVIVOR  OF  THE
 BRAVEST" OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  APPLICATION FOR SUCH
 LICENSE  PLATE  SHALL  BE  FILED  WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND
 DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE AND SHALL BE VERIFIED ANNUAL-
 LY BY THE APPLICANT.
   3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER,
 THAT THE APPLICANT IS A FAMILY MEMBER OF A PAID PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER
 WHO DIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY.

2017-S226B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8200
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-z, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S499, A5099
2011-2012: S7056, A5202
2013-2014: S1960, A4526
2015-2016: S690, A4456, A3874
2019-2020: S4976, A778, A1276
2021-2022: S3873, A4431, A6777
2023-2024: S6486, A6411

2017-S226B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that family members of paid professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund.

2017-S226B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S226B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  226--B
     Cal. No. 203
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  report,  amended  on
   first  report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and ordered reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of second report  --  recommitted  to
   the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
   8  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and
   second report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
   the issuance of distinctive license plates for family members of  paid
   professional firefighters who died in the line-of-duty
 
   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-z to read as follows:
   § 404-Z. DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF PAID PROFES-
 SIONAL  FIREFIGHTERS  WHO  DIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY.  1. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, "FAMILY MEMBERS OF A  PAID  PROFESSIONAL  FIREFIGHTER  WHO
 DIED IN THE LINE-OF-DUTY" SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PART-
 NER,  PARENT,  SIBLING  OR  CHILD OF A PAID PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER WHO
 DIED IN THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES  AS
 A FIREFIGHTER.
   2.  ANY  FAMILY  MEMBER OF A PAID PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER WHO DIED IN
 THE LINE-OF-DUTY AND WHO RESIDES IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON  REQUEST,  BE
 ISSUED  A  DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "SURVIVOR OF THE
 BRAVEST" OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  APPLICATION FOR SUCH
 LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND
 DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE AND SHALL BE VERIFIED ANNUAL-
 LY BY THE APPLICANT.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.