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                                   6305
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McLAUGH-
   LIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
   of special number plates
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by section 21 of part G of chapter 59  of  the  laws  of
 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  commissioner  may  issue  special number plates to applicants
 therefor in the same manner as other number plates are  issued  pursuant
 to  this  article.  Such special number plates shall be issued only upon
 payment of an annual service charge of thirty-one  dollars  and  twenty-
 five  cents  in  addition  to the regular fee prescribed by section four
 hundred one of this article. Application for special number plates shall
 be made in accordance with regulations promulgated by  the  commissioner
 with  respect  to  issuance of such number plates. Provided, however, in
 lieu of the annual fee specified herein, the commissioner may  establish
 specific  categories  of plates for which an annual fee of not less than
 eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents nor more than thirty-one dollars
 and twenty-five cents may be charged subject  to  the  approval  of  the
 director  of  the  division  of  the budget.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL NOT APPLY  TO
 THE  ISSUANCE  OF  SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES TO VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES
 WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision
 of this section, the difference collected between the special plates fee
 or  service  charge set forth in this subdivision in effect on and after
 September first, two thousand nine and the special plates fee or service
 charge set forth in this subdivision in effect prior to such date  shall
 be  deposited  to  the  credit of the dedicated highway and bridge trust
 fund.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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