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                                   6705
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 5, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- 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 establishing
   a distinctive plate honoring Eagle Scouts
 
   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 EAGLE SCOUT PLATES. 1. ANY  PERSON  RESIDING  IN
 THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IN SUPPORT
 OF  THE EAGLE SCOUTS OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSUL-
 TATION WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
   2. AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE  COMMISSIONER
 IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
   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
 AND  AN  INITIAL ONE TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE
 CHARGED FOR SUCH 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 a surety bond in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall
 be  executed  by a surety company authorized by the department of finan-
 cial 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 such service charges shall be
 deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo  of  the  vehicle
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 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, adver-
 tising 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, such department 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 to
 be made on or before such effective date.