Senate Bill S6619

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the issuance of congenital heart disease awareness license plates; and establishes the congenital heart disease research and education fund

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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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2019-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-ff, V & T L; add §99-hh, St Fin L

2019-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the issuance of congenital heart disease awareness license plates; and establishes the congenital heart disease research and education fund.

2019-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6619
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   the issuance of congenital heart disease awareness license plates; and
   to  amend  the  state  finance  law,  in  relation to establishing the
   congenital heart disease research and education 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-ff to read as follows:
   § 404-FF. CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AWARENESS LICENSE  PLATES.  1.  ANY
 PERSON  RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINC-
 TIVE LICENSE PLATE IN SUPPORT OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AWARENESS  AND
 RESEARCH BEARING THE PHRASE "CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AWARENESS" AND ANY
 OTHER PHRASES AND DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   2.  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  SUCH  LICENSE  PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER   SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
 IN  THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE REGU-
 LAR 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.  SUCH  ADDITIONAL
 ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE CONGENITAL
 HEART  DISEASE  RESEARCH  AND  EDUCATION  FUND  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO
 SECTION NINETY-NINE-HH OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL  BE  USED  FOR
 THE PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN SUCH SECTION.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-hh to
 read as follows:
   §  99-HH.  CONGENITAL  HEART  DISEASE  RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND. 1.
 THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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