Senate Bill S1947

                             
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                                   1947
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens. TEDISCO, RHOADS -- 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 the issuance
   of distinctive license plates to volunteer firefighters
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-b of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991, 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  chapter
 and  an  initial  one time service charge of fifteen dollars], PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT  NO  REGISTRATION FEE OR SERVICE CHARGE SHALL  BE  CHARGED
 FOR SUCH PLATE.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by section 21 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2009,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  commissioner  may  issue  special number plates to applicants
 therefor in the same manner as other number plates are  issued  pursuant
 to  this  article.  Such special number plates shall be issued only upon
 payment of an annual service charge of thirty-one  dollars  and  twenty-
 five  cents  in  addition  to the regular fee prescribed by section four
 hundred one of this article. Application for special number plates shall
 be made in accordance with regulations promulgated by  the  commissioner
 with  respect  to  issuance of such number plates. Provided, however, in
 lieu of the annual fee specified herein, the commissioner may  establish
 specific  categories  of plates for which an annual fee of not less than
 eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents nor more than thirty-one dollars
 and twenty-five cents may be charged subject  to  the  approval  of  the
 director  of  the  division  of  the budget.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL NOT APPLY  TO
 THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  FOUR-B  OF THIS ARTICLE. Notwithstanding any
 inconsistent provision of this section, the difference collected between
 the  special  plates fee or service charge set forth in this subdivision
 in effect on and after  September  first,  two  thousand  nine  and  the
 special  plates  fee  or service charge set forth in this subdivision in
 effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the  dedi-
 cated highway and bridge trust fund.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.