Senate Bill S7847

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; and establishes the guardians for schools fund

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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

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2017-S7847 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10521
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-ee, V & T L; add §97-yyyy, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S763, A6053
2021-2022: S1518, A4295
2023-2024: S677, A1659

2017-S7847 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; and establishes the guardians for schools fund.

2017-S7847 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7847 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7847
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  TEDISCO, FELDER, GOLDEN, SEWARD -- 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
   a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; and to amend  the
   state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  establishing the guardians for
   schools 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-ee to read as follows:
   § 404-EE. DISTINCTIVE "GUARDIANS FOR SCHOOLS" LICENSE PLATES. 1.   ANY
 PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
 "GUARDIANS  FOR SCHOOLS" LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE PHRASE "GUARDIANS FOR
 SCHOOLS".  APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE FILED  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER   IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   2. ANY DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE 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 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  GUARDIANS  FOR
 SCHOOLS  FUND  ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION  NINETY-SEVEN-YYYY  OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW, AND SHALL BE USED FOR PURPOSE OF ENSURING INCREASED SECURI-
 TY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS,
 OR SO MUCH THEREOF 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-yyyy
 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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