NY State Senate Bill 2011-S1939

Senate Bill S1939

2011-2012 Legislative Session

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

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Jan 04, 2012	referred to transportation
Jan 14, 2011	referred to transportation

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2011-S1939 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2134
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:: 2009-2010: S1391, A3958
2013-2014: S1032, A509
2015-2016: S2104, A3034, A7948
2017-2018: S6072

2011-S1939 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2011-S1939 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S1939

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:

2009-10 S.1391; 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.

2011-S1939 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

    S. 1939                                                  A. 2134

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

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

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens. LAVALLE, JOHNSON, LARKIN, MAZIARZ,
  RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
  ed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Sponsored  by
  -- M. of A. 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
PLATES PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03588-01-1

S. 1939                             2                            A. 2134

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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Sponsored By

Kenneth P. LaValle

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

co-Sponsors

Martin J. Golden

Owen H. Johnson

William Larkin

George D. Maziarz

2011-S1939 (ACTIVE) - Details

2011-S1939 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S1939 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1939 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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