* § 404-u. Distinctive gift of life license plates. 1. Any person
residing in this state shall upon request be issued a distinctive
license plate bearing the words "Life Pass It On". Application for said
license plates shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and
detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.

2. Any distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be
issued in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the
regular 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. Twenty dollars of
each such twenty-five dollar annual service charge shall be deposited to
the credit of the "life pass it on trust fund" established pursuant to
section ninety-five-d of the state finance law and shall be used for
research and education programs approved by the commissioner of health.
Provided, however that one year after the effective date of this
section, funds in the amount of five thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be available, shall be allocated to the department to
offset costs associated with the production of such license plates.

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