NY State Senate Bill 2021-S5988

Senate Bill S5988

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of America

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 18, 2022	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate
May 02, 2022	advanced to third reading
Apr 27, 2022	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2022	1st report cal.867
Jan 18, 2022	reported and committed to finance
Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 09, 2021	referred to transportation delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 08, 2021	ordered to third reading cal.1648 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 04, 2021	print number 5988b
Jun 04, 2021	amend and recommit to finance
Jun 02, 2021	print number 5988a
Jun 02, 2021	amend and recommit to finance
May 19, 2021	reported and committed to finance
Mar 25, 2021	referred to transportation

Votes

- May 18, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S5988
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 18, 2022
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Brouk
      
      Sanders Jr.
  Apr 26, 2022 - Finance Committee Vote
  S5988
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2022
      
      aye (22)
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      absent (1)
      
      Parker

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2021-S5988 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-ff, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S5988

2021-S5988 - Summary

Provides for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of America.

2021-S5988 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5988

SPONSOR: MATTERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of
America

 
PURPOSE:

To amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing for the
distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of Ameri-
ca.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 404-x to
authorize distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans
of America. The distinctive plate shall be issued upon proof, satisfac-
tory to the commissioner, that the applicant is a veteran of the Seabee

Veterans of America.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are currently 650 members of the Seabee Veterans of America (SVA)
in New York State, many of whom are interested in this type of plate. A
great number of spouses of SVA members who are in the SVA-Auxiliary
would also like to acquire such a plate. Many people do not know that
the Seabees are the Official Naval Construction Force and have been a
vital part of past wars.

Additionally, Seabees are currently serving in Indonesia helping the
victims of the tsunamis, and in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the hope
that this plate would familiarize the public with the existence of the
Navy Seabees, and at the same time, get recognition from the State of
New York for all Seabees past and present.  The requirement to obtain
these plates would simply be a photocopy of the individual's membership
card in the Seabee Veterans of America or Seabee Veterans of America
Auxiliary, whether the term be annual or lifetime.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.10547 of 2017/18

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

In FY 2019-20, the bill requires an appropriation of $1,918 to the
Department of Revenue.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately. This act shall take effect on
the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.  Effec-
tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date is authorized to be made on or before such effective date.

2021-S5988 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5988
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- 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  providing
   for  distinctive  license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of
   America

   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 MEMBERS OF  THE  SEABEE  VETERANS  OF
 AMERICA.  1.  ANY  MEMBER  OF THE SEABEE VETERANS OF AMERICA RESIDING IN
 THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE  PLATE  BEARING  THE
 NAVY  SEABEE  EMBLEM.  APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   2.  THE  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
 UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE  APPLICANT  IS  A
 MEMBER OF THE SEABEE VETERANS OF AMERICA.
   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
 FIFTEEN DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF
 SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE,  SHALL  BE
 ALLOCATED  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  OFFSET  COSTS  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE
 PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08643-01-1

2021-S5988A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-ff, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S5988

2021-S5988A - Summary

Provides for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of America.

2021-S5988A - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5988A

SPONSOR: MATTERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of
America

 
PURPOSE:

To amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing for the
distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of Ameri-
ca.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 404-x to
authorize distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans
of America. The distinctive plate shall be issued upon proof, satisfac-
tory to the commissioner, that the applicant is a veteran of the Seabee

Veterans of America.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are currently 650 members of the Seabee Veterans of America (SVA)
in New York State, many of whom are interested in this type of plate. A
great number of spouses of SVA members who are in the SVA-Auxiliary
would also like to acquire such a plate. Many people do not know that
the Seabees are the Official Naval Construction Force and have been a
vital part of past wars.

Additionally, Seabees are currently serving in Indonesia helping the
victims of the tsunamis, and in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the hope
that this plate would familiarize the public with the existence of the
Navy Seabees, and at the same time, get recognition from the State of
New York for all Seabees past and present. The requirement to obtain
these plates would simply be a photocopy of the individual's membership
card in the Seabee Veterans of America or Seabee Veterans of America
Auxiliary, whether the term be annual or lifetime.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.10547 of 2017/18

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

In FY 2019-20, the bill requires an appropriation of $1,918 to the
Department of Revenue.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately. This act shall take effect on
the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.  Effec-
tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date is authorized to be made on or before such effective date.

2021-S5988A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5988--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
   favorably from said  committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on
   Finance  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
   for  distinctive  license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of
   America
 
   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 MEMBERS OF  THE  SEABEE  VETERANS  OF
 AMERICA.  1.  ANY  MEMBER  OF THE SEABEE VETERANS OF AMERICA RESIDING IN
 THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE  PLATE  BEARING  THE
 NAVY  SEABEE  EMBLEM.  APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   2.  THE  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
 UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE  APPLICANT  IS  A
 MEMBER OF THE SEABEE VETERANS OF AMERICA.
   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 PLATE. PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT  ONE  YEAR  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION FUNDS IN THE
 AMOUNT OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE  AVAILABLE,
 SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
 PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD08643-02-1

2021-S5988B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-ff, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S5988

2021-S5988B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of America.

2021-S5988B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5988B

SPONSOR: MATTERA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of
America

 
PURPOSE:

To amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing for the
distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of Ameri-
ca.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 404-x to
authorize distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans
of America. The distinctive plate shall be issued upon proof, satisfac-
tory to the commissioner, that the applicant is a veteran of the Seabee
Veterans of America.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are currently 650 members of the Seabee Veterans of America (SVA)
in New York State, many of whom are interested in this type of plate. A
great number of spouses of SVA members who are in the SVA-Auxiliary
would also like to acquire such a plate. Many people do not know that
the Seabees are the Official Naval Construction Force and have been a
vital part of past wars.

Additionally, Seabees are currently serving in Indonesia helping the
victims of the tsunamis, and in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the hope
that this plate would familiarize the public with the existence of the
Navy Seabees, and at the same time, get recognition from the State of
New York for all Seabees past and present. The requirement to obtain
these plates would simply be a photocopy of the individual's membership
card in the Seabee Veterans of America or Seabee Veterans of America
Auxiliary, whether the term be annual or lifetime.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.10547 of 2017/18

 
FISCAL IMPLICATION:

In FY 2019-20, the bill requires an appropriation of $1,918 to the
Department of Revenue.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately. This act shall take effect on
the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.  Effec-
tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or
regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
date is authorized to be made on or before such effective date.

2021-S5988B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5988--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
   favorably from said  committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on
   Finance  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
   for  distinctive  license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of
   America
 
   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 MEMBERS OF  THE  SEABEE  VETERANS  OF
 AMERICA.  1.  ANY  MEMBER  OF THE SEABEE VETERANS OF AMERICA RESIDING IN
 THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE  PLATE  BEARING  THE
 NAVY  SEABEE  EMBLEM.  APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   2.  THE  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
 UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE  APPLICANT  IS  A
 MEMBER OF THE SEABEE VETERANS OF AMERICA.
   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 ONE-TIME SERVICE CHARGE
 OF TEN DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.
   § 2. Subdivision 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08643-04-1

 S. 5988--B                          2
 
   1-a. The commissioner may issue special number  plates  to  applicants
 who  are  members  of veterans organizations in the same manner as other
 number plates are issued pursuant to this article. Such  special  number
 plates  shall  be  issued  only  upon  (a) payment of a one-time service
 charge  of  ten  dollars  in  addition  to  the regular registration fee
 prescribed by  section  four  hundred  one  of  this  article,  and  (b)
 submission  of  proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli-
 cant is presently a member of the veterans organization for  which  such
 plate  is  requested.  Such membership shall be verified annually by the
 applicant. Application for such plates shall be made in accordance  with
 regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect to the issuance
 of  such  plates. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall
 be deemed to supersede the provisions of section  four  hundred  four-d,
 four  hundred  four-e,  four  hundred  four-h, four hundred four-i, four
 hundred four-j, four hundred four-k, four hundred four-p,  four  hundred
 four-aa, [or] four hundred four-dd OR FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-FF of this arti-
 cle.
   §  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  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
 one-time  service  charge  applicable to each such order, which shall be
 non-refundable, no such surety  bond  shall  be  required.  All  service
 charges  collected  pursuant to this section 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 devel-
 opment 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.
   § 4. 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  and
 directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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Bill Amendments

2021-S5988 - Details

2021-S5988 - Summary

2021-S5988 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5988 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S5988A - Details

2021-S5988A - Summary

2021-S5988A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5988A - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S5988B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S5988B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S5988B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5988B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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