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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S603
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S603 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S603 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S603 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the issuance of distinctive license plates for gold star families PURPOSE : This bill would authorize the issuance of distinctive license plates for gold star families. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996 and such section as renumbered by chapter 108 of the laws of 1994, is amended to add gold star families as a license plate option alongside gold star mother plates. JUSTIFICATION : The membership of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. is composed of American Mothers who lost a son or daughter during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Beirut, Grenada, Panama, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, all Strategic Areas, or while in service to our country. In 1991, New York State introduced a distinctive license plate for New York State Gold Star Mothers.
2009-S603 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 603 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- 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 license plates for gold star families THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996 and such section as renumbered by chapter 108 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: S 404-i. Distinctive plates for gold star mothers AND GOLD STAR FAMI- LIES. 1. Any gold star mother or the spouse of a gold star mother OR ANY GOLD STAR FATHER OR THE SPOUSE OF A GOLD STAR FATHER, residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "gold star mother" OR "GOLD STAR FAMILY", RESPECTIVELY. [If a distinctive plate is issued to a gold star mother pursuant to this section, additional distinctive plates may be issued for every vehicle registered in the name of the gold star mother recipient residing in this state or the spouse of such gold star mother.] Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe. 2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or the spouse of the applicant is a gold star mother OR GOLD STAR FATHER. 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 no service charge shall be charged for such plate. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02924-01-9
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