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                                   4366
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. HUNTER, PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state  finance  law,
   in relation to creating the "Women Veterans" distinctive license plate
   program
 
   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 "WOMEN VETERANS" LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON
 RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON  REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED  A  DISTINCTIVE
 "WOMEN VETERANS" LICENSE PLATE. APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL
 BE FILED WITH THE 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 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 PLATE.
   3. EACH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS RECEIVED  AS  THE  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGE
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE "WOMEN VETER-
 ANS  SUPPORT  FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-J OF THE
 STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE  USED  FOR  WOMEN  VETERANS  PROGRAMS  AS
 DETERMINED  BY  THE  NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS' WOMEN
 VETERANS'  SERVICES   PURSUANT   TO   SUBDIVISION   THREE   OF   SECTION
 NINETY-FIVE-J OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-j to
 read as follows:
   § 95-J. WOMEN VETERANS SUPPORT FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN
 THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND  FINANCE  AND  THE
 COMPTROLLER,  A  SPECIAL  FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE WOMEN VETERANS SUPPORT
 FUND.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   2. SUCH FUND SHALL  CONSIST  OF  ALL  REVENUES  RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  FOUR-FF  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND ALL
 OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED  THERETO  FROM  ANY
 OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.  NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL  PREVENT  THE  STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS, OR BEQUESTS FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND, AS DEFINED IN  THIS  SECTION,  AND  DEPOSITING
 THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3.  MONIES  OF  THE  FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY BY THE NEW YORK STATE
 DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS' WOMEN  VETERANS'  SERVICES.  THESE  FUNDS
 SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  WOMEN  VETERANS HOMELESSNESS, COUNSELING AND OTHER
 PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS.
   § 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 designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to  the  depart-
 ment  of  motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of $6,000, which
 shall be executed by a surety company authorized by  the  department  of
 financial  services to transact business in this state. Provided, howev-
 er, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior
 to the plate design, production and issuance at  least  200  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 such service charges 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 development fund established by section  95-g  of  the
 state  finance  law and shall be used for the design, production, adver-
 tising 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, 200 or
 more sets of such plates are sold, a bond  delivered  pursuant  to  this
 section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are
 sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles shall be entitled to
 recover against the bond an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.