NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2508

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation
Jan 13, 2017	referred to transportation

2017-S2508 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-y, V & T L; add §97-pppp, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2395
2011-2012: S461
2013-2014: S4938
2015-2016: S1956

2017-S2508 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) license plate; creates a new drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) fund for outreach and educational programs.

2017-S2508 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2508

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the
state finance law, in relation to creating a distinctive license plate
for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to provide any person residing in this
state, upon request, a distinctive Drug Abuse Resistance Education
(D.A.R.E.) license plate.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 404-y.

Section 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
97-pppp.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Distinctive plates will help expand the public's awareness of the
D.A.R.E. program in New York State.

The D.A.R.E. program and comprehensive (17 lesson) elementary school

curriculum was designed by health and substance abuse educators.
Rather than relying on the traditional scare tactic approach to
dissuade children from drug abuse, the DARE strategy focused on
assisting children with development of the "life skills" (i.e.,
decision-making, risk identification, peer pressure-resistance) to
make well informed decisions-even beyond avoiding drug abuse (i.e.,
personal safety, resisting conflicts and violence). Close
collaboration between educators, law enforcement, parents, and others;
demanding instructor training; and focusing efforts on the transition
period between elementary and junior high school were also essential
elements of DARE strategy from the beginning.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S,8013A of 2006,
S.595 of 2007/2008,
S.2395 of 2009/2010,
S.461A of 2011/2012,
S.4938 of 2013/2014;
S.1956-A of 2015/2016

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become law; provided, however, that any rule or regulation
required to implement the foregoing provisions of this act shall be
promulgated on or before such effective date.

2017-S2508 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2508
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 and the state  finance  law,
   in relation to creating a distinctive license plate for the Drug Abuse
   Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program

   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 THE DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION
 (D.A.R.E.) PROGRAM.  1. ANY PERSON RESIDING IN THIS  STATE  SHALL,  UPON
 REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED  A  DISTINCTIVE  DRUG  ABUSE  RESISTANCE  EDUCATION
 (D.A.R.E.) PROGRAM LICENSE PLATE. THE DESIGN OF SUCH  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE
 SHALL  BE  DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPER-
 INTENDENT OF STATE POLICE.
   2. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
 IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE  REGU-
 LAR  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 PLATE.   SUCH ANNUAL
 SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION
 FOUR  HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
 NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE  FINANCE  LAW  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  THE
 PRODUCTION,  DESIGN,  ADVERTISING  AND  MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE
 PLATES PURSUANT TO SECTION  NINETY-FIVE-G  OF  THE  STATE  FINANCE  LAW;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF
 SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE DRUG  ABUSE
 RESISTANCE  EDUCATION  (D.A.R.E.)  FUND  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 NINETY-SEVEN-PPPP OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR  PUBLIC
 EDUCATION  AND OUTREACH COSTS RELATED TO DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD08184-01-7

 S. 2508                             2
 
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  NINETY-SEVEN-PPPP  OF  THE  STATE  FINANCE   LAW;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  ONE  YEAR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION, FUNDS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THER-
 EOF  AS  MAY  BE  AVAILABLE,  SHALL  BE  ALLOCATED FROM SUCH FUND TO THE
 DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  SUCH
 LICENSE PLATE.
   §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-pppp
 to read as follows:
   § 97-PPPP. DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND. 1.   THERE
 IS  HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND
 THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL REVENUE  FUND  TO  BE
 KNOWN AS THE DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND.
   2.  THE  DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND SHALL CONSIST
 OF MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  FOUR-Y
 OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW, MONEYS DONATED OR GIVEN TO THE STATE,
 AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO  FROM
 ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE.
   3.  MONEYS  OF  THE  DRUG  ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND,
 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE FOR PUBLIC
 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM COSTS RELATED TO  DRUG  ABUSE  RESISTANCE
 EDUCATION.
   §  3.  1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-y of
 the vehicle and traffic law as added by section one of  this  act  shall
 only  be  designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the depart-
 ment 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 commissioner of motor vehicles shall have
 received  prior  to  plate  design, production and issuance at least two
 hundred orders for such distinctive 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 such  service
 charges  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 immediately; provided, however, that
 section one of this act shall take effect on the one  hundred  eightieth
 day  after  it  shall have become a law; 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 effec-
 tive date is authorized and directed to be  made  and  completed  on  or
 before such effective date.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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