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                                   1717
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, RAIA, PALMESANO -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
   distinctive license plates for gold star family members and  eliminat-
   ing  the  registration  fee  for gold star mother and gold star family
   member 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-i of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 chapter  277  of  the  laws of 1991 and renumbered by chapter 108 of the
 laws of 1994, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 732  of  the  laws  of
 2004 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  404-i. Distinctive plates for gold star mothers AND GOLD STAR FAMI-
 LIES.  1. Any gold star mother or the spouse of a gold  star  mother  OR
 ANY  GOLD  STAR FATHER OR THE SPOUSE OF A GOLD STAR FATHER, OR THE WIDOW
 OR WIDOWER OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER, OR ANY CHILD, STEP-CHILD,  BROTH-
 ER,  SISTER,  STEP-BROTHER,  STEP-SISTER,  OR  GRANDPARENT  OF  A FALLEN
 SERVICE MEMBER residing in this state shall, upon request, be  issued  a
 license  plate  bearing the words "gold star mother" OR "GOLD STAR FAMI-
 LY", RESPECTIVELY.  If a distinctive plate is  issued  to  a  gold  star
 mother  OR  GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBER pursuant to this section, additional
 distinctive plates may be issued for every  vehicle  registered  in  the
 name  of  the  gold  star mother recipient residing in this state or the
 spouse of such gold star mother, OR THE GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMBER.  Appli-
 cation for said license plate shall be filed with  the  commissioner  in
 such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
   2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
 satisfactory  to  the  commissioner, that the applicant or the spouse of
 the applicant is a gold star mother OR THE APPLICANT IS  ANY  GOLD  STAR
 FATHER OR THE SPOUSE OF A GOLD STAR FATHER, OR THE WIDOW OR WIDOWER OF A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 FALLEN  SERVICE MEMBER, OR ANY CHILD, STEP-CHILD, BROTHER, SISTER, STEP-
 BROTHER, STEP-SISTER, OR GRANDPARENT OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER.
   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  no  REGISTRATION FEE OR service charge
 shall be charged for such plate.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to  be  made
 and completed on or before such effective date.