S2905A-2011 Actions

• Jan 5, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 2905A
• Jan 5, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
• Feb 3, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S2905A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2905A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
distinctive "Support Our Troops" plates; and
to amend the state finance law, in relation to creating a Support Our
Troops, Inc. fund

PURPOSE:
To create the "Support Our Troops" distinctive license plate.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 - Adds a new section 404-x to the Vehicle and Traffic Law to
create the "Support Our Troops" distinctive license plate.

Section 2 -- Adds a new section 99-u to the State Finance Law. This
section establishes a fund to collect monies for the "Support Our
Troops" charitable organization.

Section 3 -- Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Many New Yorkers serve in the US military, reserves, or National Guard,
and some of these New Yorkers are even serving our nation in very
dangerous locations like Iraq and Afghanistan. If enacted into law, this
bill will allow New Yorkers to show our support for these brave men and
women through the "Support Our Troops" distinctive license plate and
also raise money for services for our men and women in uniform.

Twenty-three states currently have "Support Our Troops" distinctive
license plates, and many other states are in the process of creating
these plates. New York should join these other states in creating these
distinctive license plates.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.6743-A of 2008 S.1507 of 2009-2010

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

S2905A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   2905--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              February 3, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  BONACIC,  GRIFFO,  JOHNSON, LARKIN,
    MAZIARZ, NOZZOLIO, RANZENHOFER,  SEWARD  --  read  twice  and  ordered
    printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
    portation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accord-
    ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
    ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
    distinctive "Support Our  Troops"  plates;  and  to  amend  the  state
    finance law, in relation to creating a Support Our Troops, Inc. 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-x to read as follows:

    S 404-X. DISTINCTIVE "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON RESID-
  ING  IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE "SUPPORT
  OUR TROOPS" LICENSE PLATE OF  DESIGN SUBMITTED BY THE SPONSORING  ORGAN-
  IZATION  AND  APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, WHICH DESIGN MAY INCLUDE THE
  SPONSORING ORGANIZATION'S TRADEMARK "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!" OR "SALUTE OUR
  HEROES!," ITS TRADEMARK LOGO, AND ITS WEBSITE DOMAIN  ADDRESS.  APPLICA-
  TION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH
  FORM AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE.
    2. THE DISTINCTIVE "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" LICENSE PLATES 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 AS A ROYALTY TO THE CREDIT OF THE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, INC.
  FUND, ESTABLISHED AS A REVOLVING FUND PURSUANT TO SECTION  NINETY-NINE-U
  OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03764-02-2

 S. 2905--A                          2

    3.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
  SECTION, FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THERE-
  OF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED FROM SUCH FUND TO THE DEPART-
  MENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  SUCH  LICENSE
  PLATES,  TOGETHER  WITH  AN  ADDITIONAL  FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO OFFSET
  COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCTION OF THE PLATE IN MOTORCYCLE SIZE.
    S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-u  to
  read as follows:

    S  99-U. SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, INC. FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
  TAXATION  AND FINANCE A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, INC.
  FUND.
    2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
  FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONEYS
  CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR  SOURCE  PURSUANT
  TO  LAW,  PROVIDED  THAT  SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND
  TRAFFIC LAW SHALL CONTROL THE METHOD OF PAYMENT FOR THE COSTS OF PRODUC-
  ING THE DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATES AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO  SUCH  SECTION
  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
    3.  MONEYS  SHALL  BE  PAID OUT OF THE FUND TO THE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS,
  INC., ORGANIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(C)(3) OF  THE  INTERNAL  REVENUE
  CODE,  ON  THE  REQUEST  OF  THE  CHAIRMAN  OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
  SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, INC. ANY INTEREST RECEIVED  BY  THE  COMPTROLLER  ON
  MONEYS ON DEPOSIT IN THE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, INC. FUND SHALL BE RETAINED
  IN  AND  BECOME  PART OF SUCH FUND. NO MONEY FROM SUCH FUND MAY BE WITH-
  DRAWN, TRANSFERRED, OR USED BY ANY PERSON FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN  AS
  PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION.
    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law.