NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2180

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Jan 20, 2021	referred to transportation

2021-S2180 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5466
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-ff, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7122
2015-2016: S1584
2017-2018: S2504
2019-2020: S3375
2023-2024: A3262
2025-2026: A4399

2021-S2180 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the New York state veterans remembrance license plate; provides that any proceeds shall go to the credit of the veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance operation fund.

2021-S2180 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2180

SPONSOR: HELMING
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating the
New York state veterans remembrance license plate

 
PURPOSE:

This bill creates the New York State Veterans Remembrance License Plate.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Any veteran or spouse of a veteran, who resides in this State
shall upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "NYS
Veterans Remembrance." Application for the license plate shall be filed
with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in such form and detail as the
Commissioner shall prescribe. The distinctive plate shall be issued upon
proof, satisfactory to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. An additional
annual service charge of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for the

distinctive plate. The annual charge shall be deposited to the distinc-
tive plate development fund and shall be used for the production,
design, advertising and marketing of the "NYS Veterans Remembrance"
distinctive license plates. Annual service charges collected in excess
of six thousand dollars shall be deposited to the Veterans' remembrance
and cemetery maintenance operation fund.

Section 2: Sets out the requirements for the license plate to be
created.

Section 3: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

We have no greater obligation than to honor and thank our veterans for
the countless sacrifices they have made to protect our freedom and
defend our Nation. Those who have borne the cost for our freedom deserve
a place of dignity as their final resting place.

This legislation creates the opportunity to honor those veterans who
have given so much for our freedom by supporting the New York State
Veterans Remembrance and Cemetery Maintenance Operation Fund, which is a
critical first step to establishing a New York State Veterans' Cemetery.

This legislation establishes an additional revenue sources for the
veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance operation fund by using
the revenue generated by the "NYS Veterans Remembrance" license plates.
This fund is an important first step in the process to designate specif-
ic areas in New York State for a State Veterans cemetery.

Just as our veterans recognized their duty to honor and serve their
Nation, we too must recognize our duty as Americans to honor the
profound sacrifices they made so that we can live our lives in freedom.
These distinctive plates will help serve as an important reminder of
their important sacrifice.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020: S.3375 referred to Transportation

2018: S.2504a passed Senate/A.7769a amend and recommit to Transportation

2017: S.2504a passed Senate/A.7769a referred to Transportation

2015-2016: S.1584a passed Senate, delivered to Assembly

2014: S.7122 passed Senate, delivered to Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on April 1st next succeeding the date it
becomes a law.

2021-S2180 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2180
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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
   New York state veterans remembrance license plate
 
   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 PLATES FOR THE NEW YORK  STATE  VETERANS  REMEM-
 BRANCE.  1.  ANY  VETERAN  OR THE SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH VETERAN SHALL, UPON
 REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE  PLATE  BEARING  THE  WORDS  "NYS  VETERANS
 REMEMBRANCE".  IF A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A VETERAN PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION, SUCH A DISTINCTIVE PLATE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSE
 OF SUCH VETERAN.  APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE
 APPLICANT OR THE SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT IS A VETERAN.
   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 ANNUAL
 SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION
 FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE, TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
 NINETY-FIVE-G  OF  THE  STATE  FINANCE  LAW,  AND  SHALL BE USED FOR THE
 PRODUCTION, DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND  MARKETING  OF  DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE
 PLATES  PURSUANT  TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD04624-01-1

 S. 2180                             2
 
 BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF  THE  VETERANS  REMEMBRANCE  AND  CEMETERY
 MAINTENANCE  OPERATION  FUND  AND  SHALL  BE USED FOR FURTHERANCE OF THE
 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF  STATE  VETERANS  CEMETERIES,  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-MMMM OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2. 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  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 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,
 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, such department shall be entitled  to
 recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
   §  3.  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 a law.  Effective immediately, the addi-
 tion, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  necessary  for
 the  implementation  of this act on its effective date are authorized to
 be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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