Senate Bill S7829

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Issues distinctive epilepsy awareness license plates and establishes an epilepsy awareness fund and an epilepsy research and education program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7829 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8574
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §404-ff, V & T L; add §99-rr, St Fin L; add Art 27-CCCC §2748, Pub Health L

2023-S7829 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Issues distinctive epilepsy awareness license plates; establishes an epilepsy awareness fund and an epilepsy research and education program.

2023-S7829 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7829 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7829
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, the state finance law,  and
   the  public  health  law,  in relation to issuing distinctive epilepsy
   awareness license plates and establishing an epilepsy  awareness  fund
   and an epilepsy research and education program
 
   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  "EPILEPSY  AWARENESS"  LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY
 PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
 "EPILEPSY AWARENESS" LICENSE PLATE OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER.  APPLICATION  FOR  SAID  LICENSE  PLATE  SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER   SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   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.  ALL  MONIES
 RECEIVED AS THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOS-
 ITED  TO  THE  CREDIT  OF  THE  NEW YORK STATE "EPILEPSY AWARENESS FUND"
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-RR OF THE STATE FINANCE  LAW
 AND  SHALL BE USED FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS UNDERTAKEN PURSU-
 ANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN-CCCC OF THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW.  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER  THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION FUNDS IN
 THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE  AVAIL-
 ABLE,  SHALL  BE  ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED
 WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11794-03-3
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