NY State Senate Bill 2021-S5037

Senate Bill S5037

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing distinctive "Women Veterans" license plates and the women veterans support fund

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Feb 22, 2021	referred to transportation

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2021-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-ff, V & T L; add §95-j, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5412
2019-2020: S4603
2023-2024: S6003

2021-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing distinctive "Women Veterans" plates and the women veterans support fund; establishes that moneys of the fund will be used for women veteran homelessness, counseling and other programs that support women veterans.

2021-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5037

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
distinctive "Women Veterans" license plates; and to amend the state
finance law, in relation to establishing the "women veterans support
fund"

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would establish a distinctive "Women Veterans" license plate
and provide for the use of the service charge for women veteran support
services such as homelessness, counseling, and other support programs.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill adds a new section 404-x to the vehicle and traffic law that
would authorize the creation of distinctive "Women Veterans" license
plates. It would require an additional annual service charge of twenty-

five dollars per each set of plates issued. The initial service charges
collected by the department of motor vehicles in excess of six thousand
dollars would be paid to the Women Veterans' Services department of the
New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York State is home to 65,756 women veterans. This is 12% of the
veteran population in NYS and this number continues to rise. Women
Veterans have been continually under cared for when it comes to health,
recognition, public awareness, and other areas typically involved with
male Veterans. It was not until 1980 that women were even give the title
of Veterans even though they had served for many years prior. Women were
not considered for normal Veteran's health care until 1983; it was not
until 1988 that. Dr. Susan H. Mather created the Veterans Health Admin-
istration office to finally address women's issues. In 1996 the first
"National Summit on Women Veterans Issues" was held in Washington, D.C.
so women could talk with policy makers and VA officials to make changes
to the way that women Veterans were taken care of.

Even though there are some programs in place for our women Veterans,
homelessness is a big issue. Women actually make up a larger number of
homeless Veterans than male Veterans. The VA did not approach this issue
until 2000 when they gave $3 million to fund support programs, but only
for a three-year program. Our women Veterans need more support from our
state to help fight the same male Veterans issues and more. PTSD, Coun-
seling, and Support programs will greatly benefit from this license
plate program. We need to show the same support we show our male Veter-
ans to our women Veterans.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: 54603 - Referred to Transportation

2017-18: S5412 - Referred to Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5037
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  BAILEY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   distinctive  "Women  Veterans"  license plates; and to amend the state
   finance law, in relation to establishing the "women  veterans  support
   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-ff to read as follows:
   §  404-FF.  DISTINCTIVE "WOMEN VETERANS" LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON
 RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON  REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED  A  DISTINCTIVE
 "WOMEN VETERANS" LICENSE PLATE OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 APPLICATION  FOR  SAID  LICENSE  PLATE  SHALL BE FILED WITH THE 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 PLATE. SUCH ADDITIONAL
 SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO 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 NUMBER PLATES; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, THAT ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN  EXCESS  OF  SIX
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE WOMEN VETERANS
 SUPPORT FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-J OF THE  STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05690-02-1

 S. 5037                             2
 
   §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-j to
 read as follows:
   § 95-J. WOMEN VETERANS SUPPORT 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 "WOMEN  VETERANS  SUPPORT
 FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 FOUR  HUNDRED  FOUR-FF  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND ALL OTHER
 MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND
 OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
   3. MONEYS OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION
 OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS' WOMEN VETERANS' SERVICES.  THESE  FUNDS  SHALL  BE
 USED FOR WOMEN VETERANS HOMELESSNESS, COUNSELING AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT
 SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS.
   §  3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
 the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section one of this act,  shall
 only  be  designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the depart-
 ment of motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount  of  six  thousand
 dollars,  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 the plate design, production and issuance at least two
 hundred  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 such service
 charges 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 distribution 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, two
 hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered  pursuant
 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
 such  plates  are  sold  by  such time, the department of motor vehicles
 shall be entitled to recover against the bond 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; provided, however,  that  section  three  of
 this  act shall take effect immediately; provided further, however, that
 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
 tive date are authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or
 before such effective date.

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