S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1305
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
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.
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