NY State Senate Bill 2021-S790

Senate Bill S790

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Waives certain fees for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates for certain first responders

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Jun 10, 2021	committed to rules
May 04, 2021	amended on third reading (t) 790a
Feb 08, 2021	advanced to third reading
Feb 03, 2021	2nd report cal.
Feb 02, 2021	1st report cal.277
Jan 06, 2021	referred to transportation

Votes

- Feb 2, 2021 - Transportation Committee Vote
  S790
  
  12
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Transportation Committee Vote: Feb 2, 2021
      
      aye (12)
      
      Cooney
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kennedy
      
      Liu
      
      Mattera
      
      Ramos
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Serino
      
      Skoufis
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Persaud

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2021-S790 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4603
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §404-ee, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S5845
2023-2024: A1305

2021-S790 - Summary

Waives certain fees for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates for certain first responders.

2021-S790 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S790

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to waiving the
annual service fee for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one
remembrance" license plates for certain first responders

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation would allow for the waiving of the annual service fee
for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance"
license plates for certified first responders who are disabled as a
result of a certified World Trade Center medical condition.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill amends subdivision 2 of section 404-ee of the
vehicle and traffic law by adding "certified first responders" of the
September eleventh, two thousand one attacks who have become disabled as

a result of a certified World Trade Center medical condition waiving the
fee for the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license
plate.

Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Each day, the number of deaths for first responders who participated in
World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations continues to
grow. Almost eighteen years after the attacks on the World Trade Center,
over ten thousand first responders and others in the disaster area have
been diagnosed with cancer and other debilitating illnesses, and more
than 2,000 deaths have been related to 9/11 related illness.

Even for first responders who are still in good health, the fear of
future illness is constantly in their minds. However, these heroes still
have to focus on providing financially for their families, and preparing
for the potential risk of developing illness as a result of their call
to serve on that fateful day. For their sacrifice, these individuals
deserve the remembrance plate honoring their heroism without the addi-
tional cost charged for these plates.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S. 5845 of 2019/20; Advanced to Third Reading Calendar

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S790 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    790
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- 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 waiving  the
   annual  service  fee for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand
   one remembrance" license plates for certain first responders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 404-ee of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 224 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   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 plates, EXCEPT  THAT  SUCH
 ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE WAIVED FOR ANY CERTIFIED FIRST
 RESPONDER  WHO IS DISABLED AS A RESULT OF A CERTIFIED WORLD TRADE CENTER
 MEDICAL CONDITION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01153-01-1

2021-S790A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4603
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §404-ee, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S5845
2023-2024: A1305

2021-S790A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives certain fees for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates for certain first responders.

2021-S790A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S790A

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to waiving
certain fees for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one
remembrance" license plates for certain first responders

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation would allow for the waiving of fees for the distinctive
"September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates for
certified first responders who are disabled, or their spouses as a
result of a certified World Trade Center medical condition.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:  Section one of this bill adds a new subdivi-
sion 4 to section 401-ee of the vehicle and traffic law by adding
language to allow fees prescribed for the issuance and renewal of a
license note to a person who sustained a permanent disability as a
result of their participation in the rescue effort on 9/11, or their
spouse to be waived.

Section two of this bill is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Each day, the number of deaths for first responders who Participated in
World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup, operations continues to
grow. Almost eighteen years after the attacks on the World. Trade
Center, over ten thousand first responders and others in the disaster
area have been diagnosed with cancer and other debilitating illnesses,
and more than 2,000 deaths have been related to 9/11 related illness.

Even for first responders who are still in good health, the fear of
future illness is constantly in their minds. However, these heroes still
have to focus on providing. financially for their families, and prepar-
ing for the potential risk of developing illness as a result of their
call to serve on that fateful day. For their sacrifife, these individ-
uals and their spouses deserve the remembrance plate honoring their
heroism without the additional cost charged for these plates.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S. 5845 of 2019/20; Advanced to Third Reading Calendar

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effort on the 60th day.

2021-S790A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  790--A
     Cal. No. 277
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  waiving
   certain  fees  for  distinctive  "September eleventh, two thousand one
   remembrance" license plates for certain first responders
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 404-ee of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 224 of the laws of 2018, is amended by adding a new  subdivision
 4 to read as follows:
   4.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION AND THE FEES
 PRESCRIBED OR PERMITTED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 THERE  SHALL BE NO CHARGE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A NUMBER PLATE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION TO A PERSON WHO  SUSTAINED  A  PERMANENT  DISABILITY  AS  A
 RESULT  OF  HIS  OR  HER  PARTICIPATION  IN  THE  RESCUE EFFORT THAT WAS
 CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO THE WORLD  TRADE  CENTER  ATTACK  ON  SEPTEMBER
 ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE, OR TO THE SPOUSE OF A PERSON WHO SUSTAINED A
 PERMANENT DISABILITY OR DIED AS A RESULT OF SUCH RESCUE EFFORT. FURTHER-
 MORE, UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A DISTINCTIVE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,
 SUCH PERSON SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF ANY FEES RELATING TO THE
 REGISTRATION  OR  RENEWAL  THEREOF AS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B) THE FEES AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE WAIVED  ONLY
 UPON  PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE APPLICANT OR THE
 SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT IS ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH WAIVER OF FEES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01153-02-1

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