NY State Senate Bill 2021-S9015A

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May 26, 2022	print number 9015a
May 26, 2022	amend (t) and recommit to transportation
May 04, 2022	referred to transportation

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2021-S9015 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10251
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §404-p, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S5521, A3305

2021-S9015 - Summary

Provides for the issuance of distinctive license plates to the spouse of a congressional medal of honor recipient, and the transfer of distinctive license plates issued to congressional medal of honor recipients who are now deceased to their surviving spouse.

2021-S9015 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9015 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9015
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, BROUK -- 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 transferring
   distinctive  license  plates  issued  to  congressional medal of honor
   recipients
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 404-p of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is amended by adding a new  subdivision
 4 to read as follows:
   4.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL TRANSFER  A  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  TO  THE  NEXT OF KIN OF A DECEASED CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
 RECIPIENT IF SUCH NEXT OF KIN SO REQUESTS WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS
 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF SUCH CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR  RECIPIENT,  OR
 WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 WHERE  SUCH  CONGRESSIONAL  MEDAL  OF  HONOR  RECIPIENT PREDECEASED SUCH
 EFFECTIVE DATE.  AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION "NEXT OF KIN" SHALL MEAN  A
 PERSON'S  CLOSEST  LIVING  BLOOD  RELATIVE, INCLUDING SPOUSE AND ADOPTED
 FAMILY MEMBERS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE  ANY  RULES  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  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 to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15155-01-2

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2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10251
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §404-p, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S5521, A3305

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9015A

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to distinctive
license plates issued to congressional medal of honor recipients

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would grant the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the ability to
allow Congressional Medal of Honor recipients to have their distinctive
license plates transferred to their surviving spouse, upon death.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill would amend the vehicle and traffic law § 404-p
(1) and (3) and create a new § 404-p (4):

*Subdivision 1 would be amended to allow spouses of Congressional Medal
of Honor recipients to be eligible to request this type of license plate

*Subdivision 3 would clarify that plates transferred pursuant to subdi-
vision 4, would maintain the financial benefit associated with the issu-
ance of this license plate

*Subdivision 4 would require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to
transfer license plates issued to Congressional Medal of Honor recipi-
ents, to their surviving spouse, within 180 days of the death of the
recipient. This provision also allows for the surviving spouse of any
medal recipients that predeceased this act, to make a time-limited
retroactive request within 180 days of enactment.

Section 2 of the bill establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In New York State, the spouse of a Purple Heart recipient is eligible to
request the issuance of a distinctive license plate. This bill would
align that standard with the issuance of distinctive license plates for
Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. Allowing this process is useful
in the case where a veteran in a household lacks the ability to drive or
is not the individual a car is registered under, while still allowing
that household to proudly display and commemorate a veteran's service.

Currently, New York State vehicle & traffic law does not allow for the
transfer of license plates in any circumstance. This bill would grant
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the limited authority to transfer
license plates issued to Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, to
their surviving spouse, upon the death of a recipient.

Within New York's veterans community there is recognition that for many,
there is an immense personal and sentimental value to the plates that
commemorate the service of Medal recipients. Allowing for the transfer
of plates would ensure that these plates can continue on as mementos for
the families of Medal recipients. Further, these plates are unique in
that no registration fees or service charges are collected with the
issuance of these plates, and this bill would ensure that the benefit is
maintained for plate holders that receive it via the transfer process.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect ninety days after becoming law.

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9015--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. COONEY, BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to distinctive
   license plates issued to congressional medal of honor recipients

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 404-p of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 415
 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   § 404-p. Distinctive plates for congressional medal of  honor  recipi-
 ents.  1.  Any  congressional  medal of honor recipient residing in this
 state, OR THE SPOUSE OF ANY   SUCH RECIPIENT, shall,  upon  request,  be
 issued a license plate bearing the words "congressional medal of honor".
 Application  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 is a  congressional
 medal of honor recipient.
   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in  the  same  manner as other number plates, provided, however, that no
 registration fee or service charge shall be charged for such plate.   NO
 REGISTRATION  FEE  OR  SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE CHARGED FOR PLATES TRANS-
 FERRED TO A SURVIVING SPOUSE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   4.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL TRANSFER  A  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  TO  THE  SURVIVING  SPOUSE OF A DECEASED CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF
 HONOR RECIPIENT IF SUCH SURVIVING SPOUSE SO REQUESTS WITHIN ONE  HUNDRED
 EIGHTY  DAYS  FOLLOWING  THE  DEATH OF SUCH CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
 RECIPIENT, OR WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  WHERE  SUCH  CONGRESSIONAL  MEDAL  OF HONOR RECIPIENT
 PREDECEASED SUCH EFFECTIVE DATE.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE  ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD15155-03-2
 S. 9015--A                          2
 
 RULES  OR  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY  TO  CARRY  OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   §  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 to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S9015A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2021-S9015 - Details

2021-S9015 - Summary

2021-S9015 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9015 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Jeremy Cooney

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Samra G. Brouk

2021-S9015 - Details

2021-S9015 - Summary

2021-S9015 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9015 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Samra G. Brouk

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9015A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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