S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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461--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recom-
mitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance 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 and the state finance law,
in relation to creating a distinctive license plate for the Drug Abuse
Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 404-x to read as follows:
3 S 404-X. DISTINCTIVE PLATES FOR THE DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION
4 (D.A.R.E.) PROGRAM. 1. ANY PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON
5 REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION
6 (D.A.R.E.) PROGRAM LICENSE PLATE. THE DESIGN OF SUCH DISTINCTIVE PLATE
7 SHALL BE DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPER-
8 INTENDENT OF STATE POLICE.
9 2. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
10 IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE REGU-
11 LAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
12 ARTICLE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
13 TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE. SUCH ANNUAL
14 SERVICE CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
15 FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
16 MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
17 NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE
18 PRODUCTION, DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE
19 PLATES PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW;
20 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE DRUG ABUSE
2 RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION
3 NINETY-SEVEN-IIII OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR PUBLIC
4 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH COSTS RELATED TO DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION
5 PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-IIII OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW;
6 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
7 SECTION, FUNDS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THER-
8 EOF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE, SHALL BE ALLOCATED FROM SUCH FUND TO THE
9 DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH
10 LICENSE PLATE.
11 S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-iiii
12 to read as follows:
13 S 97-IIII. DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND. 1. THERE
14 IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND
15 THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO BE
16 KNOWN AS THE DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND.
17 2. THE DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND SHALL CONSIST
18 OF MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X
19 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, MONEYS DONATED OR GIVEN TO THE STATE,
20 AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM
21 ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE.
22 3. MONEYS OF THE DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (D.A.R.E.) FUND,
23 SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE FOR PUBLIC
24 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM COSTS RELATED TO DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE
25 EDUCATION.
26 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
27 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that any rules and regu-
28 lations required to implement the foregoing provisions of this act shall
29 be promulgated on or before such effective date.