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                                   7847
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2018
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  TEDISCO, FELDER, GOLDEN, SEWARD -- 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 authorizing
   a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; and to amend  the
   state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  establishing the guardians for
   schools fund

   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 "GUARDIANS FOR SCHOOLS" LICENSE PLATES. 1.   ANY
 PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL UPON REQUEST BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE
 "GUARDIANS  FOR SCHOOLS" LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE PHRASE "GUARDIANS FOR
 SCHOOLS".  APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE FILED  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER   IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   2. ANY DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 ISSUED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
 REGULAR  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 PLATE. 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  GUARDIANS  FOR
 SCHOOLS  FUND  ESTABLISHED  BY  SECTION  NINETY-SEVEN-YYYY  OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW, AND SHALL BE USED FOR PURPOSE OF ENSURING INCREASED SECURI-
 TY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFEC-
 TIVE 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 FUND
 TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH
 LICENSE PLATE.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section  97-yyyy
 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   §  97-YYYY.    GUARDIANS FOR SCHOOLS FUND.   1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND  FINANCE
 AND  THE  COMPTROLLER,  A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "GUARDIANS FOR
 SCHOOLS 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. MONEYS OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ENSUR-
 ING INCREASED SECURITY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 HELPING  PAY  FOR  SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICERS, SECURITY TRAINING, MENTAL
 HEALTH COUNSELING, METAL DETECTORS, SECURITY CAMERAS  AND  OTHER  SCHOOL
 BUILDING  MODIFICATIONS  TO  IMPROVE  SCHOOL SAFETY. THE COMMISSIONER OF
 EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL ESTABLISH GUIDELINES AND CRITE-
 RIA FOR QUALIFYING EXPENDITURES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION AND SHALL PROMUL-
 GATE ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   4.  MONEYS  SHALL  BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS CERTIFIED OR APPROVED BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   5. ANY INCOME EARNED ON MONEYS IN THE GUARDIANS FOR SCHOOLS FUND SHALL
 BE ADDED TO AND USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH FUND.
   6. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR THE USE OF SCHOOL SECU-
 RITY MEASURES AND MAY NOT BE DIVERTED INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
   § 3. 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 on or
 before such effective date.