Senate Bill S4659

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows retired military service members to qualify for distinctive license plates

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S4659 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9020
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §404-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5281
2021-2022: A1730
2023-2024: A1535

2017-S4659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows retired military service members to qualify for distinctive license plates.

2017-S4659 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4659
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
   retired service members to qualify for distinctive license plates
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 404-d of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter  486 of the laws of 1996 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter
 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   § 404-d. Distinctive plates for members of the organized  militia  and
 reserve. 1. Any CURRENT, ACTIVE OR RETIRED member of the organized mili-
 tia  of the state of New York and any member of a reserve unit from this
 state of any branch of the armed forces of  the  United  States  or  the
 spouse of any such member shall, upon request, be issued a license plate
 bearing  a  militiaman and the appropriate organization -- army national
 guard, air national guard, state guard or naval militia,  army  reserve,
 marine  corps  reserve,  air  force reserve, navy reserve or coast guard
 reserve. If a distinctive plate is issued to a member of  the  organized
 militia  pursuant to this section, such a distinctive plate shall not be
 issued to the spouse of such member of the organized  militia.  Applica-
 tion for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such
 form  and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be veri-
 fied annually by the applicant.
   2. The distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this section
 shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,  that  the
 applicant  or  the  spouse of the applicant is presently [an] A CURRENT,
 active OR RETIRED member of the organized militia or reserve.
   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. This act shall take effect immediately.

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