NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6021

Senate Bill S6021

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to creating a distinctive plate for combat veterans having served in the navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard

download bill text pdf

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Mar 27, 2023	referred to transportation

2023-S6021 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2215
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-ff, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A9776
2021-2022: A845

2023-S6021 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating a distinctive plate for combat veterans having served in the navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard.

2023-S6021 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6021

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating a
distinctive plate for combat veterans having served in the navy, marine
corps, air force, or coast guard

 
PURPOSE:

To create a distinctive plate for combat veterans having served in the
navy, marine corps, air force, or coast guard Summary of Provisions:

Section 1 amends the vehicle and traffic law by allowing, upon request,
be issued a license plate bearing the words "Air Force Combat Veteran",
"Navy Combat Veteran", "Marine Combat Veteran", "Coast Guard Combat
Veteran" Subdivision 2 requires that the license plate be issue upon
proof that the applicant or their spouse is a combat veteran. Subdivi-
sion 3 imposes a one time service charge of ten dollars for the plate.
Subdivision 5 states that a special number plate will not be created
into the revenue generated by collected service charges is sufficient to
create such special plates.

Section 2 establishes that only the department of motor vehicles can
design, produce and issue such plates. It also established that the
department of motor vehicles shall be provided with a surety bond of
$6,000 until at least 200 orders for such distinctive plates has been
received. Subdivision 2 establishes that in the case' that fewer than
200 plates are sold, the department of motor vehicles may collect as
much from the bond as the financial shortfalls incurred.

Section 3 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Combat veterans currently do not have access to such a distinctive
license plate in the state while other states do. This legislation will
enhance the remembrance of our combat veterans by allowing veterans to
select a license plate that they can identify with as well as help citi-
zens and other servicemen and servicewomen alike recognize former combat
veterans. Veterans sacrifice so much to serve our country and keep us
safe, a license plate for combat veterans is the least New York State
can do to honor and thank them for their service.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

02/11/20 referred to transportation

01/06/21 referred to transportation

01/05/22 referred to transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section one of
this act shall take effect on the one hundred and eightieth day after it
shall have become law.

2023-S6021 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6021
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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  creating  a
   distinctive  plate  for  combat  veterans  having  served in the navy,
   marine corps, air force, or coast guard

   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 PLATES FOR COMBAT VETERANS. 1. ANY COMBAT VETER-
 AN HAVING SERVED IN THE NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD, OR
 THE SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH VETERAN SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A  LICENSE
 PLATE  BEARING THE WORDS "AIR FORCE COMBAT VETERAN", "NAVY COMBAT VETER-
 AN", "MARINE COMBAT VETERAN" OR  "COAST  GUARD  COMBAT  VETERAN".  IF  A
 DISTINCTIVE  PLATE IS ISSUED TO A VETERAN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, SUCH
 A DISTINCTIVE PLATE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSE OF  SUCH  VETERAN.
 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 IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER,  THAT  THE
 APPLICANT  OR  THE  SPOUSE  OF  THE APPLICANT IS A COMBAT VETERAN HAVING
 SERVED IN THE NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD.  THE  BRANCH
 OF  MILITARY  SERVICE ON THE LICENSE PLATE SHALL MATCH THE BRANCH LISTED
 IN THE PROOF OF COMBAT PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   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 ARTICLE
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TIME  SERVICE  CHARGE  OF  TEN
 DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.
   4.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL
 NUMBER PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION UNLESS  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  SATISFIED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03915-01-3

 S. 6021                             2
 
 THAT  THE  AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO  RECOVER  THE
 COSTS OF THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SUCH SPECIAL PLATES.
   §  2. 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  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  service
 charges  collected  pursuant to this section 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 devel-
 opment 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 in an amount proportionate
 to such shortfall.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section  one  of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth
 day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,  the  addi-
 tion,  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.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.