NY State Senate Bill 2009-S1391

Senate Bill S1391

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" distinctive license plate program

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Jan 06, 2010	referred to transportation
Jan 29, 2009	referred to transportation

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2009-S1391 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3958
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-x, V & T L; add §96-a, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S1939, A2134
2013-2014: S1032, A509
2015-2016: S2104, A3034, A7948
2017-2018: S6072

2009-S1391 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" distinctive license plate program; establishes the September eleventh, two thousand one scholarship fund.

2009-S1391 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1391

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
in relation to creating the "September eleventh, two thousand one
remembrance" distinctive license plate program


 PURPOSE :
This bill would commemorate all the victims of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks by authorizing the issuance of distinctive
commemorative license plates. Portions of the collected charges would
be used for the purpose of providing scholarship money for the
families of September eleventh victims.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
§ 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
404-x, which provides for the request and subsequent issuance of a
September eleventh, two thousand one distinctive license plate.

Subdivision 2 provides that an annual service change of twenty five
dollars shall apply to such plates. Twenty dollars of this annual sum
shall be deposited to the credit of the World Trade Center Memorial
Scholarship Program established under section 608 of the Education
Law.

 JUSTIFICATION :

On September 11, 2001, our nation and, in particular our state,
experienced an unforgettable tragedy. Nearly 3,000 New Yorkers lost
their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center. This bill recognizes and commemorates all of those affected by
the attacks on the World Trade Center by authorizing the issuance of
distinctive commemorative license plates, and would direct portions of
the fees collected to be deposited into the World Trade Center
Memorial Scholarship Program established in 2002. The families of
those who tragically lost their lives because of that infamous day can
take some comfort in knowing that no one has forgotten, with an
additional modicum of assuagement in knowing that their children will
have scholarship funds set aside for college tuition.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2007-08:  S.939-A
2005-06:  S.8035.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None to state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2009-S1391 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 1391                                                  A. 3958

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  LAVALLE,  SMITH, ALESI, FLANAGAN,
  O. JOHNSON,  LARKIN,  MAZIARZ,  ONORATO,  PARKER,   SAMPSON,   SEWARD,
  STACHOWSKI, VOLKER, WINNER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A. ALFANO, PHEFFER, THIELE -- read once and referred  to  the
  Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
  in relation to creating the  "September  eleventh,  two  thousand  one
  remembrance" distinctive license plate 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-x to read as follows:
  S  404-X.  DISTINCTIVE  "SEPTEMBER  ELEVENTH,  TWO THOUSAND ONE REMEM-
BRANCE" LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON
REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE "SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO  THOUSAND  ONE
REMEMBRANCE"  LICENSE PLATE. APPLICATION FOR SUCH 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.    SUCH  ANNUAL
SERVICE  CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE, TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE  LAW,  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  THE
PRODUCTION,  DESIGN,  ADVERTISING  AND  MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04466-01-9

S. 1391                             2                            A. 3958

PLATES PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL
BE  DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF "THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE
SCHOLARSHIP  FUND"  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SIX-A OF THE
STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF VICTIMS  WHO
LOST  AN  IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER AS A RESULT OF THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH,
TWO THOUSAND ONE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN  NEW  YORK,  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
NINETY-SIX-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 96-a to
read as follows:
  S 96-A. THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.  1.
THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED, IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
TAXATION  AND FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS
THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
  2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM
ANY  OTHER  FUND  OR  SOURCE  PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS
SECTION SHALL  PREVENT  THE  STATE  FROM  RECEIVING  GRANTS,  GIFTS,  OR
BEQUESTS  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND, AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, AND
DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
  3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY FOR HIGHER  EDUCATION  OF
VICTIMS WHO LOST AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER AS A RESULT OF THE SEPTEMBER
ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK.
  4.  MONIES  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
OF EDUCATION.
  5.  TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL ENSURE
THAT ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO  THE
END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

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