Senate Bill S8020A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to creating a distinctive disaster relief and emergency preparedness license plate and the "disaster relief and emergency preparedness fund"

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  • 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-S8020 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10694
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-ee, V & T L; add §93-aa, St Fin L

2017-S8020 - Summary

Relates to creating a distinctive disaster relief and emergency preparedness license plate and the "disaster relief and emergency preparedness fund".

2017-S8020 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8020 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8020
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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 creating the
   distinctive Red Cross Spirit of Service license plates; and  to  amend
   the  state  finance law, in relation to the creation of the "Red Cross
   disaster relief 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 "RED CROSS SPIRIT OF SERVICE" LICENSE PLATES. 1.
 ANY PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE  SHALL,  UPON  REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED  A
 DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE  PLATE  OF  A  DESIGN DEVELOPED AND APPROVED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN  SUPPORT  OF
 THE DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS BEARING THE PHRASE
 "RED  CROSS SPIRIT OF SERVICE". APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL
 BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   2. 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;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE  OF  TWENTY-
 FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATES.
   3.  EACH  TWENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  RECEIVED  AS THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF  THE  "RED  CROSS
 DISASTER RELIEF FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-THREE-AA OF
 THE  STATE  FINANCE  LAW  AND  SHALL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN RED
 CROSS AND ITS DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 93-aa to
 read as follows:
   § 93-AA. RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF FUND. 1. (A) THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "RED CROSS DISAS-
 TER RELIEF FUND".
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2017-S8020A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10694
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-ee, V & T L; add §93-aa, St Fin L

2017-S8020A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating a distinctive disaster relief and emergency preparedness license plate and the "disaster relief and emergency preparedness fund".

2017-S8020A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8020A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8020--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  O'MARA,  ADDABBO, CROCI, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN,
   HELMING, KENNEDY, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, PERALTA, VALESKY, YOUNG  --  read
   twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
   Committee on Transportation -- reported favorably from said  committee
   and  committed  to  the  Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating the
   distinctive  Red  Cross Spirit of Service license plates; and to amend
   the state finance law, in relation to the creation  of  the  "disaster
   relief and emergency preparedness 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 "RED CROSS SPIRIT OF SERVICE" LICENSE PLATES. 1.
 ANY  PERSON  RESIDING  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A
 DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATE IN SUPPORT OF DISASTER  RELIEF  AND  EMERGENCY
 PREPAREDNESS  BEARING THE PHRASE "RED CROSS SPIRIT OF SERVICE". APPLICA-
 TION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH
 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 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 PLATES.
   3. EACH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS RECEIVED  AS  THE  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGE
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE "DISASTER
 RELIEF AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SECTION
 NINETY-THREE-AA  OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR DISASTER
 RELIEF  AND  EMERGENCY  PREPAREDNESS  PROGRAMS  UNDERTAKEN  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION NINETY-THREE-AA OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 93-aa to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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