§ 404-f. Distinctive plates for members of volunteer ambulance
services. 1. Any member of any volunteer ambulance service in this state
or the spouse of any such member shall, upon request, be issued a
license plate bearing the letters "V.A.S." If a distinctive plate is
issued to a volunteer ambulance service member pursuant to this section,
such distinctive plate shall not be issued to the spouse of such member.
Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner
in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall
be verified annually by the applicant.

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 presently an active member
of a volunteer ambulance service.

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 additional annual service charge of fifteen dollars.