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                                   5553
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. BRABENEC, BARCLAY, BUTLER, COLTON, FINCH, LUPI-
   NACCI, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, MONTESANO, MURRAY, GIGLIO, STEC --  Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, McLAUGHLIN, RA, RAIA -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to discontinu-
   ing service fees for distinctive license plates issued to veterans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-h of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   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  an additional one-time service charge of ten
 dollars shall be charged for such plate].
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 404-j of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 415 of the laws  of  2001,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  Fee.  A  special  plate  and  registration issued pursuant to this
 section shall be issued upon payment of  the  regular  registration  fee
 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article [provided, howev-
 er,  that  an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars shall be
 charged for such plate].
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 404-k of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 415 of the laws  of  2001,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 [provided,  however,  that  an additional one-time service charge of ten
 dollars shall be charged for such plate].
   § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 389 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   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  arti-
 cle[,  provided,  however, that an additional one-time service charge of
 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate. Provided, however, that one
 year after the effective date of this section funds  in  the  amount  of
 five  thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall be
 allocated from such funds to the department to offset  costs  associated
 with the production of such license plates].
   § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   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  arti-
 cle[,  provided,  however, that an additional one-time service charge of
 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate].
   § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   4. 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 an additional one time service  charge  of  ten
 dollars shall be charged for such plate].
   § 7. Subdivision 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 103 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   1-a.  The  commissioner  may issue special number plates to applicants
 who are members of veterans organizations in the same  manner  as  other
 number  plates  are issued pursuant to this article. Such special number
 plates shall be issued only upon  (a)  payment  of  a  one-time  service
 charge  of  ten  dollars  in  addition  to  the regular registration fee
 prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article,  PROVIDED  THAT
 SUCH  SERVICE  CHARGE  SHALL  BE WAIVED FOR ANY APPLICANT WHO HAS BEEN A
 MEMBER OF THE VETERANS ORGANIZATION FOR FIVE  OR  MORE  YEARS,  and  (b)
 submission  of  proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli-
 cant is presently a member of the veterans organization for  which  such
 plate  is  requested. [Such membership shall be verified annually by the
 applicant.] Application for such plates shall be made in accordance with
 regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect to the issuance
 of such plates. Provided, however, that nothing contained  herein  shall
 be  deemed  to  supersede the provisions of section four hundred four-d,
 four hundred four-e, four hundred  four-h,  four  hundred  four-i,  four
 hundred four-j, four hundred four-k, four hundred four-p or four hundred
 four-aa of this article.
   §  8.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.