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                                  7948

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 2, 2015
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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 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
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,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00237-01-5
              

A. 7948                             2

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.