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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. LANZA, 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 creating
   distinctive plates for the New York city fire riders motorcycle club

   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 NEW YORK CITY FIRE RIDERS  MOTORCYCLE
 CLUB.  1.  ANY  MEMBER  OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB
 SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING  THE  WORDS  "NYC
 FIRE RIDERS". APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER   IN  SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   2. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE
 APPLICANT IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE
 RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS A  RESIDENT  OF  THIS
 STATE, WHO IS AN ACTIVE OR RETIRED UNIFORMED MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY
 FIRE  DEPARTMENT AND WHO HOLDS AN ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IN THE NEW YORK CITY
 FIRE RIDERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
   4. 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.
   §  2.   (a) A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff
 of the vehicle and traffic law shall  only  be  designed,  produced  and
 issued upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety
 bond in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 surety  company  authorized  by  the department of financial services to
 transact business in this state. Provided, however, that if the  commis-
 sioner  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 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.
   (b) 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 section one of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.