Senate Bill S978

                             
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                                    978
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen. ROLISON -- 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  authorizing
   the issuance of distinctive plates for medical technologists

   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 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS. 1. ANY MEDICAL
 TECHNOLOGIST  SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE
 EMBLEM AND WORDS "NEW YORK STATE" ON THE TOP OF THE  LICENSE  PLATE  AND
 "MEDICAL  TECHNOLOGIST"  ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LICENSE PLATE. APPLICATION
 FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM
 AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE  AND  SHALL  BE  VERIFIED
 ANNUALLY BY THE APPLICANT.
   2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE
 APPLICANT IS PRESENTLY A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST.
   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 ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF FIFTEEN
 DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.
   § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff  of
 the  vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a  surety  bond
 in  the  amount  of  $6,000, 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 issu-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ance at least 200 orders for such distinctive plate  together  with  the
 additional  annual  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
 development fund established by section 95-g of the  state  finance  law
 and  shall  be used for the design, production, advertising and distrib-
 ution 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,  200  or
 more  sets  of  such  plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant to this
 section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are
 sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles shall be entitled to
 recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.