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                                   3272
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sens. COONEY, BORRELLO, OBERACKER, ORTT -- 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 distinctive
   YMCA license plates; and to amend the state finance law,  in  relation
   to establishing the New York State YMCA foundation fund
 
   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 YMCA LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON RESIDING IN
 THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A  DISTINCTIVE  "YMCA  MEMBER"
 LICENSE  PLATE.   APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 PRESCRIBE.
   2.  THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 ISSUED  UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE APPLICANT
 IS A MEMBER OF THE YMCA.
   3. 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 PLATES.
   4.  EACH  TWENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  RECEIVED  AS THE ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE
 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE  CREDIT  OF  THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE YMCA FOUNDATION, AND SHALL BE USED FOR FURTHERANCE OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE  YMCA  FOUNDATION,  PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-L OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-l  to
 read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  95-L.  THE  NEW YORK STATE YMCA FOUNDATION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED, IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION  AND
 FINANCE  AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK
 STATE YMCA FOUNDATION FUND.
   2.    SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-FF OF THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
 LAW  AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO
 FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS
 SECTION SHALL  PREVENT  THE  STATE  FROM  RECEIVING  GRANTS,  GIFTS,  OR
 BEQUESTS  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND, AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, AND
 DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE  EXPENDED  ONLY  FOR  THE  BENEFIT  AND
 PROGRAMS OF THE NEW YORK STATE YMCA FOUNDATION.
   4.  MONIES  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF TAXATION AND FINANCE.
   5.  TO  THE  EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
 SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE  EXPENDED
 PRIOR TO THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   §  3. 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 the plate design, production and issuance of at least
 two hundred orders for such distinctive plate together  with  the  addi-
 tional  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.
   § 4. 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 and completed on or before such effective date.