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                                  9471

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
  of  distinctive  plates  bearing the words "Cure Parkinson's Disease",
  and to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  establishing  the
  "Cure Parkinson's Disease Trust Fund"

  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  "CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE" LICENSE PLATES.  1.
ANY PERSON RESIDING IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL  UPON  REQUEST  BE  ISSUED  A
DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE".
APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE  COMMISSIONER
IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
  2.  ANY  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
REGULAR 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 PLATE. TWENTY  DOLLARS  OF
EACH SUCH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO
THE CREDIT OF THE CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED PURSU-
ANT  TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-W OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED
BY NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH HOSPITALS  FOR
RESEARCH  AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THIS SECTION  SHALL  TAKE  EFFECT,
FUNDS  IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY
BE AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSO-
CIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.
  S 2. Section 508 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. THE COMMISSIONER IS DIRECTED TO  DEVELOP  LICENSE  APPLICATION  AND
RENEWAL  FORMS  WHICH SHALL SOLICIT A VOLUNTARY ONE DOLLAR DONATION FROM
PERSONS APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING A DRIVER'S LICENSE AT THE TIME OF  SUCH

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

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APPLICATION  OR  RENEWAL. ANY MONEYS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
SION SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN  THE  CURE  PARKINSON'S  DISEASE  TRUST  FUND
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-W OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S  3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-w to
read as follows:
  S 99-W. CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE TRUST FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
LISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND  FINANCE
AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "CURE PARKINSON'S
DISEASE TRUST 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  PARKINSON'S  DISEASE
RESEARCH  AND EDUCATION PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,
OR TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO NEW YORK STATE  UNIVERSITY  PARKINSON'S  DISEASE
RESEARCH  HOSPITALS  FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESEARCHING AND PROMOTING A CURE
FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
  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 HEALTH.
  5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL  ENSURE
THAT  ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE
END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law provided, however, that the addition,  amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation  of  this  act on its effective date is authorized to be made and
completed on or before such date.