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     S. 6072--A                                            A. 7715--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens. LAVALLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, LARKIN,
   PHILLIPS, RANZENHOFER -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Transportation in  accordance  with  Senate
   Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed
   to  the  Committee  on  Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
   to  the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 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-ee to read as follows:
   § 404-EE. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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 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,
 TWO THOUSAND ONE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN  NEW  YORK,  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 NINETY-SIX OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 96 to
 read as follows:
   § 96. 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-EE 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.
   § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ee  of
 the  vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a  surety  bond
 in  the  amount  of  $6,000, which shall be executed by a surety company
 authorized by the department of financial services to transact  business
 in  this  state.  Provided,  however,  that if the commissioner of motor
 vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, production and issu-
 ance at least 200 orders for such distinctive plate  together  with  the
 additional  annual  service  charge applicable to each such order, which
 shall be non-refundable, no such surety  bond  shall  be  required.  All
 service  charges  collected  pursuant to this section shall be deposited
 pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and  traffic
 law  to the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate
 development fund established by section 95-g of the  state  finance  law
 and  shall  be used for the design, production, advertising and distrib-
 ution of distinctive license plates  in  accordance  with  such  section
 95-g.
   2.  If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
 distinctive plates in the series are first available for  sale,  200  or
 more  sets  of  such  plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant to this
 section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are

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 sold by such time, the department of motor vehicle shall be entitled  to
 recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

                            
 
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     S. 6072--B                                            A. 7715--B
     Cal. No. 796
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens. LAVALLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, LARKIN,
   PHILLIPS, RANZENHOFER -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
   printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Transportation in  accordance  with  Senate
   Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed
   to  the  Committee  on  Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
   reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
   report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee  on
   Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 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-ee to read as follows:
   § 404-EE. 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 SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL  BE
 FILED  WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL PRESCRIBE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   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.
   3.  EACH  TWENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  RECEIVED  AS THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE "WORLD  TRADE
 CENTER  MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE-
 TY-SIX OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  SCHOLARSHIPS
 AWARDED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS SIX HUNDRED EIGHT AND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-
 EIGHT-D OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new  section  96  to
 read as follows:
   §  96.  THE  WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL 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 WORLD
 TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-EE 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 SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
 PURSUANT TO SECTIONS SIX HUNDRED EIGHT AND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-D  OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW.
   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.
   §  3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ee of
 the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and  issued
 upon  the  delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond
 in the amount of $6,000, which shall be executed  by  a  surety  company
 authorized  by the department of financial services to transact business
 in this state. Provided, however, that  if  the  commissioner  of  motor
 vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, production and issu-
 ance  at  least  200 orders for such distinctive plate together with the
 additional annual service charge applicable to each  such  order,  which
 shall  be  non-refundable,  no  such  surety bond shall be required. All
 service charges collected pursuant to this section  shall  be  deposited
 pursuant  to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic
 law to the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive  plate
 development  fund  established  by section 95-g of the state finance law
 and shall be used for the design, production, advertising  and  distrib-
 ution  of  distinctive  license  plates  in accordance with such section
 95-g.
   2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon  which
 distinctive  plates  in  the series are first available for sale, 200 or
 more sets of such plates are sold, a bond  delivered  pursuant  to  this
 section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are
 sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles shall be entitled to
 recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.

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   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.