Senate Bill S5037

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing distinctive "Women Veterans" license plates and the women veterans support 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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2021-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-ff, V & T L; add §95-j, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5412
2019-2020: S4603
2023-2024: S6003

2021-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing distinctive "Women Veterans" plates and the women veterans support fund; establishes that moneys of the fund will be used for women veteran homelessness, counseling and other programs that support women veterans.

2021-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5037
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  BAILEY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   distinctive  "Women  Veterans"  license plates; and to amend the state
   finance law, in relation to establishing the "women  veterans  support
   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.  DISTINCTIVE "WOMEN VETERANS" LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON
 RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON  REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED  A  DISTINCTIVE
 "WOMEN VETERANS" LICENSE PLATE OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 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. SUCH ADDITIONAL
 SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO 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 NUMBER PLATES; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, THAT ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN  EXCESS  OF  SIX
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE WOMEN VETERANS
 SUPPORT FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-J OF THE  STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05690-02-1
              

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