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                                   6160
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
   of distinctive license plates to volunteer firefighters
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 404-b of the vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read
 as follows:
   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 chapter
 and an initial one time service charge of  fifteen  dollars],  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT   NO  REGISTRATION FEE OR SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE CHARGED
 FOR SUCH PLATE.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 amended  by  section  21 of part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The commissioner may issue  special  number  plates  to  applicants
 therefor  in  the same manner as other number plates are issued pursuant
 to this article. Such special number plates shall be  issued  only  upon
 payment  of  an  annual service charge of thirty-one dollars and twenty-
 five cents in addition to the regular fee  prescribed  by  section  four
 hundred one of this article. Application for special number plates shall
 be  made  in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner
 with respect to issuance of such number plates.  Provided,  however,  in
 lieu  of the annual fee specified herein, the commissioner may establish
 specific categories of plates for which an annual fee of not  less  than
 eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents nor more than thirty-one dollars
 and  twenty-five  cents  may  be  charged subject to the approval of the
 director of the division of  the  budget.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06474-01-3
              

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 PROVISION  OF THIS SECTION, THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE SHALL NOT APPLY TO
 THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS PURSUANT
 TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-B  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.  Notwithstanding  any
 inconsistent provision of this section, the difference collected between
 the  special  plates fee or service charge set forth in this subdivision
 in effect on and after  September  first,  two  thousand  nine  and  the
 special  plates  fee  or service charge set forth in this subdivision in
 effect prior to such date shall be deposited to the credit of the  dedi-
 cated highway and bridge trust fund.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.