Assembly Bill A4080

                            
 
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                                   4080
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   the  issuance of "Support Recovery" license plates; to amend the state
   finance law, in relation to authorizing the deposit of certain  moneys
   into  the  opioid  stewardship  fund;  and providing for the repeal of
   certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   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-ff to read as follows:
   § 404-FF. DISTINCTIVE "SUPPORT RECOVERY" 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.
 APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE  COMMISSIONER
 IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   2.  A  DISTINCTIVE "SUPPORT RECOVERY" LICENSE 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.
   3. EACH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS RECEIVED AS THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE  CHARGE
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED  TO THE CREDIT OF THE "OPIOID
 STEWARDSHIP FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-AAAAA  OF
 THE  STATE  FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS UNDERTAKEN
 PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-AAAAA OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 97-aaaaa of the state  finance  law,  as
 added  by  section  3  of  part NN of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. The opioid stewardship fund shall consist of ALL  MONEYS  COLLECTED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-FF OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,
 of  moneys  appropriated  for the purpose of such account, moneys trans-
 ferred to such account pursuant  to  law,  contributions  consisting  of
 promises or grants of any money or property of any kind or value, or any
 other  thing  of  value,  including grants or other financial assistance
 from any agency of government and moneys required by the  provisions  of
 this  section  or  any  other  law  to  be paid into or credited to this
 account.
   § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff  of
 the  vehicle and traffic law, as added by section one of this act, shall
 only be designated, produced, and issued upon delivery to the department
 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  service
 charges  collected  pursuant to this section 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 devel-
 opment 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 law provided, further that sections one
 and three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed  on  the  same
 date  as  section  97-aaaaa of the state finance law repeals pursuant to
 section 5 of part NN of chapter  57  of  the  laws  of  2018;  provided,
 further  that  the  amendments  made  to  section  97-aaaaa of the state
 finance law by section two of this act shall not affect  the  repeal  of
 such  section  and  shall be deemed repealed therewith.  Effective imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of  any  rule  or  regu-
 lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on  or  before
 such effective date.