NY State Senate Bill 2013-S7957

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2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-x, V & T L; add §99-w, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4484
2017-2018: S4436
2019-2020: S855

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the issuance of distinctive license plates bearing the words "Cure Childhood Cancer"; provides for the annual service charge to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund and the excess of six thousand dollars to be deposited to the credit of the cure childhood cancer trust fund; establishes the "cure childhood cancer trust fund".

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7957

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to authorizing the issuance of license plates bearing the
words "Cure Childhood Cancer" and to amend the state finance law, in
relation to establishing the cure childhood cancer trust fund

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  To create a "Cure Childhood Cancer
Trust Fund" that will support pediatric cancer care, research,
treatment, and wellness programs.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Adds a new section 404-x to the vehicle and traffic law to
authorize the creation of distinctive plate bearing the words "Cure
Childhood Cancer".

Requires an additional annual service charge of $50 for each set of
plates issued. The annual service charge would be deposited in the
distinctive plate development fund maintained by the department of
motor vehicles, and used for the production, design, advertising and
marketing of distinctive license plates. Any service charges collected
in excess of $4,000 would be deposited in a "cure childhood cancer
trust fund" and used for pediatric cancer research and education
projects approved by the commissioner of health.

Section 2. Adds a new section 99-w to the state finance law that
establishes the Cure Childhood Cancer Fund, which shall be established
in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and
the comptroller. Funds will be expended after approval by the state
comptroller and the office of the attorney generally.  Funding, made
available through a competitive grants process and upon the
recommendation of the commissioner of health, would be available for
pediatric cancer care, treatment, and wellness projects including but
not limited to physical and occupational therapy, art therapy,
counseling, research grants and educational projects.

Applicants for funding would include integrative medical facilities,
state of New York health centers, university hospitals, and
community-based not-for-profit organizations that operate childhood
cancer awareness and support programs.

JUSTIFICATION:  According to the National Cancer Institute, it
estimated that 15,780 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 years will
be diagnosed with cancer nationwide in a given year and 1,960 will die
of the disease in the United States. Cancer is one of the most common
chronic diseases in New York State, and is second only to heart
disease as the leading cause of death. Each year, about 100,000 New
Yorkers are diagnosed with cancer. According to the NYS Department of
Health's Cancer Registry, between 2007-2011, 240 cases of pediatric
cancer were reported per every 1,000,000 children up to age four. It
is against this backdrop of information that the Cure Childhood Cancer
fund will help enhance research efforts and raise community awareness
about childhood cancer.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.


FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  Minimal, with annual service charge revenues
generated in excess of $4,000 being devoted to pediatric cancer care,
treatment, and wellness programs.

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

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7957

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            December 1, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. MONTGOMERY, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PARKER -- 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, in relation to  authorizing
  the  issuance  of  license  plates  bearing  the words "Cure Childhood
  Cancer" and to amend the state finance law, in relation to  establish-
  ing the cure childhood cancer 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 CHILDHOOD CANCER" PLATES. 1.  ANY PERSON
RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE  PLATE
BEARING  THE WORDS "CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER".  APPLICATION FOR SUCH PLATES
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
FIFTY DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH  PLATE.    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 NINE-
TY-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
ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGES  COLLECTED  IN  EXCESS OF FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS
SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE  "CURE  CHILDHOOD  CANCER  TRUST
FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-W OF THE STATE FINANCE
LAW  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  CHILDHOOD  CANCER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH OR TO PROVIDE GRANTS  TO
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS OR UNIVERSITY HOSPI-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15802-01-4

S. 7957                             2

TALS  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF RESEARCHING AND PROMOTING A CURE FOR CHILDHOOD
CANCER, PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-NINE-W.
  S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-w to
read as follows:
  S 99-W. CURE CHILDHOOD CANCER 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  CHILDHOOD
CANCER 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 FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER CARE,
TREATMENT AND WELLNESS TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO  PHYSICAL  AND
OCCUPATIONAL  THERAPY,  ART  THERAPY,  COUNSELING,  RESEARCH  GRANTS AND
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS. SUCH FUNDS WILL BE EXPENDED THROUGH A GRANT  PROC-
ESS  CREATED  BY AND ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
TO INTEGRATIVE MEDICAL FACILITIES, STATE OF  NEW  YORK  HEALTH  CENTERS,
UNIVERSITY  HOSPITALS  OR  COMMUNITY-BASED  NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
THAT OPERATE CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS.
  4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON  VOUCHERS  RECOMMENDED  BY
THE  COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, AFTER AUDIT AND APPROVAL BY THE STATE COMP-
TROLLER AND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
  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 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
effective date.

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Senate Bill S7957

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

co-Sponsors

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Velmanette Montgomery

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

co-Sponsors

Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Kevin S. Parker

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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