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                                  5337--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  OBERACKER,  BORRELLO,  HELMING  -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Transportation   --   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  eliminating
   additional fees for special license plates issued to veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 105 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read
 as follows:
   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 of this article.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 404-h of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 415 of the laws  of  2001,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 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].
   § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 404-j of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended  by  chapter  415  of  the  laws  of 2001, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Fee. A special plate  and  registration  issued  pursuant  to  this
 section  shall  be  issued  upon payment of the regular registration fee
 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article [provided, howev-
 er, that an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars  shall  be
 charged for such plate].
   § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended  by  chapter  490  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
 registration  fee  prescribed  by section four hundred one of this arti-
 cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service  charge  of
 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate. Provided, however, that one
 year  after  the  effective  date of this section funds in the amount of
 five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall  be
 allocated  from  such funds to the department to offset costs associated
 with the production of such license plates].
   § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
 registration  fee  prescribed  by section four hundred ONE of this arti-
 cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service  charge  of
 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate].
   § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 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].
   § 7. Subdivision 3 of section 404-aa of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  103  of  the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
 registration  fee  prescribed  by section four hundred one of this arti-
 cle[; provided, however, that an additional one-time service  charge  of
 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate].
   §  8. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.