Senate Bill S5412

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing distinctive "Women Veterans" license plates and the women veterans support fund

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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

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2017-S5412 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7961
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-y, V & T L; add §95-i, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4603, A1653
2021-2022: S5037, A4366
2023-2024: S6003

2017-S5412 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing distinctive "Women Veterans" plates and the women veterans support fund; establishes that moneys of the fund will be used for women veteran homelessness, counseling and other programs that support women veterans.

2017-S5412 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5412 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5412
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 establishing
   distinctive "Women Veterans" license plates; and to  amend  the  state
   finance  law,  in relation to establishing the "women veterans support
   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-y to read as follows:
   § 404-Y. DISTINCTIVE "WOMEN VETERANS" LICENSE PLATES.  1.  ANY  PERSON
 RESIDING  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL,  UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
 "WOMEN VETERANS" LICENSE PLATE OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE  FILED  WITH  THE  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 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  ADDITIONAL
 SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO 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 NUMBER PLATES; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER,  THAT  ADDITIONAL  ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF SIX
 THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE WOMEN  VETERANS
 SUPPORT  FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-I OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-i  to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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