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                                   2539
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  GRIFFO, AVELLA -- 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  providing
   distinctive  license plates for gold star family members and eliminat-
   ing the registration fee for gold star mother  and  gold  star  family
   member distinctive license plates
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter 277 of the laws of 1991 and renumbered by  chapter  108  of  the
 laws  of  1994,  subdivision  1 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of
 2004 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 404-i. Distinctive plates for gold star mothers AND GOLD STAR  FAMI-
 LIES.    1.  Any gold star mother or the spouse of a gold star mother OR
 ANY GOLD STAR FATHER OR THE SPOUSE OF A GOLD STAR FATHER, OR  THE  WIDOW
 OR  WIDOWER OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER, OR ANY CHILD, STEP-CHILD, BROTH-
 ER, SISTER,  STEP-BROTHER,  STEP-SISTER,  OR  GRANDPARENT  OF  A  FALLEN
 SERVICE  MEMBER  residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a
 license plate bearing the words "gold star mother" OR "GOLD  STAR  FAMI-
 LY",  RESPECTIVELY.    If  a  distinctive plate is issued to a gold star
 mother OR GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBER pursuant to this  section,  additional
 distinctive  plates  may  be  issued for every vehicle registered in the
 name of the gold star mother recipient residing in  this  state  or  the
 spouse of such gold star mother, OR THE GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBER.  Appli-
 cation  for  said  license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in
 such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
   2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
 satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or  the  spouse  of
 the  applicant  is  a gold star mother OR THE APPLICANT IS ANY GOLD STAR
 FATHER OR THE SPOUSE OF A GOLD STAR FATHER, OR THE WIDOW OR WIDOWER OF A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER, OR ANY CHILD, STEP-CHILD, BROTHER, SISTER,  STEP-
 BROTHER, STEP-SISTER, OR GRANDPARENT OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER.
   3. 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  arti-
 cle],  provided,  however,  that  no  REGISTRATION FEE OR service charge
 shall be charged for such plate.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law, provided 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 is authorized and
 directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.