* § 404-u. Distinctive "Erie canal" license plates. 1. Any person
residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive
"Erie canal" license plate of a design approved by the commissioner.
Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner
in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.

2. A distinctive "Erie canal" license 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 additional annual service charge of
twenty-five dollars. Twenty dollars from each twenty-five dollars
received as annual service charges under this section shall be deposited
to the credit of the Erie canal museum fund, established as a revolving
fund pursuant to section ninety-seven-cccc of the state finance law.
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 from such fund to the
department to offset costs associated with the production of such
license plates.

* NB There are 4 § 404-u's