Assembly Bill A5551

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish gift cards for distinctive and special number license plates

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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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2019-A5551 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §404-oo, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5907
2015-2016: A5030
2017-2018: A1058
2021-2022: A6264

2019-A5551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to establish gift cards for distinctive and special number license plates.

2019-A5551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5551
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF, ORTIZ, GUNTHER, D'URSO, RAIA, BRABENEC --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once  and  referred  to
   the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
   the commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  to  establish  gift  cards  for
   distinctive and special number license plates
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic law, as added  by
 chapter 406 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   §  404-oo.  Deposit of service charges for distinctive license plates;
 ISSUANCE OF GIFT CARDS.  1. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision
 of  this  chapter or of any other law, the first six thousand dollars of
 service charges collected for issuance  of  distinctive  license  plates
 established  pursuant  to this article on or after the effective date of
 this section and, unless otherwise specified, any amounts in  excess  of
 such  six  thousand  dollars,  shall  be  deposited to the credit of the
 department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development  fund  estab-
 lished  pursuant  to  section ninety-five-g of the state finance law and
 shall be used for the production, design, advertising  and  distribution
 of  such distinctive license plates established pursuant to this article
 on or after the effective date of this section.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  ESTABLISH-
 ING  GIFT  CARDS FOR DISTINCTIVE AND SPECIAL NUMBER LICENSE PLATES. SUCH
 GIFT CARDS SHALL BE REDEEMABLE UPON  PRESENTATION  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER
 WITH  AN  APPLICATION  FOR THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF DISTINCTIVE AND/OR
 SPECIAL NUMBER LICENSE PLATES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS  ARTICLE.  NO
 FEE  SHALL BE CHARGED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH GIFT CARDS, NOR SHALL ANY
 FEES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SERVICE FEES AND DORMANCY OR INACTIV-
 ITY FEES, BE IMPOSED UPON SUCH GIFT CARDS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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