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                                  3406

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. RABBITT, RAIA, KATZ, McKEVITT, FINCH -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  CROUCH, MONTESANO, TITONE -- read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance
  of distinctive plates for veterans of the Afghanistan conflict

  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 PLATES FOR AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT VETERANS. 1. ANY
AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT VETERAN OR THE SPOUSE OF ANY  SUCH  VETERAN  SHALL,
UPON  REQUEST,  BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "AFGHANISTAN
CONFLICT VETERAN". IF A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A VETERAN  PURSU-
ANT TO THIS SECTION, SUCH A DISTINCTIVE PLATE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE
SPOUSE  OF  SUCH  VETERAN.  APPLICATION  FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE
FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE  COMMISSIONER
SHALL PRESCRIBE.
  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  AN  AFGHANISTAN  CONFLICT
VETERAN.
  3.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT VETERAN"
SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, WHO SERVED  IN  THE
ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE UNITED STATES IN THE HOSTILITIES THAT OCCURRED IN
AFGHANISTAN COMMENCING ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND  ONE,
AND WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY.
  4. 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  ARTICLE
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  ADDITIONAL ONE TIME SERVICE CHARGE OF TEN
DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR SUCH PLATE.  SUCH SERVICE CHARGE  SHALL  BE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01465-01-3
              

A. 3406                             2

DEPOSITED  PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF
THIS ARTICLE TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES  DISTINC-
TIVE  PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE
STATE  FINANCE  LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION, DESIGN, ADVER-
TISING AND MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE  LICENSE  PLATES  PURSUANT  TO  SUCH
SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G.
  5.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL
NUMBER PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION UNLESS  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  SATISFIED
THAT  THE  AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED PURSUANT
TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION WILL BE SUFFICIENT  TO  RECOVER  THE
COSTS OF THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SUCH SPECIAL PLATES.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.