Creates the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" distinctive license plate program; establishes the September eleventh, two thousand one scholarship fund.

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S1032-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S1032-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1032

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law, in
relation to creating the "September eleventh, two thousand one
remembrance" distinctive license plate program

PURPOSE:

This bill would commemorate all the victims of the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks by authorizing the issuance of distinctive
commemorative license plates. Portions of the collected charges would
be used for the purpose of providing scholarship money for the
families of September eleventh victims.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

�1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
404-x, which provides for the request and subsequent issuance of a
September eleventh, two thousand one distinctive license plate.

Subdivision 2 provides that an annual service change of twenty five
dollars shall apply to such plates. Twenty dollars of this annual sum
shall be deposited to the credit of the World Trade Center Memorial
Scholarship Program established under section 608 of the Education Law.

JUSTIFICATION:

On September 11, 2001, our nation and, in particular our state,
experienced an unforgettable tragedy. Nearly 3,000 New Yorkers lost
their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center. This bill recognizes and commemorates all of those affected
by the attacks on the World Trade Center by authorizing the issuance
of distinctive commemorative license plates, and would direct
portions of the fees collected to be deposited into the World Trade
Center Memorial Scholarship Program established in 2002. The families
of those who tragically lost their lives because of that infamous day
can take some comfort in knowing that no one has forgotten, with an
additional modicum of assuagement in knowing that their children will
have scholarship funds set aside for college tuition.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011-12 S.1939; 2009-10 S.1391; 2007-08, S.939-A;
2005-06, S.8035.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

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

S1032-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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      S. 1032                                                   A. 509

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                        SENATE - ASSEMBLY

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  LAVALLE, GOLDEN, LARKIN, MAZIARZ,
    RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
    committed to the Committee on Transportation

  IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by
    -- M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
    Transportation

  AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
    in relation to creating the  "September  eleventh,  two  thousand  one
    remembrance" distinctive license plate program

    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  "SEPTEMBER  ELEVENTH,  TWO THOUSAND ONE REMEM-
  BRANCE" LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON
  REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINCTIVE "SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO  THOUSAND  ONE
  REMEMBRANCE"  LICENSE PLATE. APPLICATION FOR SUCH LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE
  FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND DETAIL AS THE  COMMISSIONER
  SHALL PRESCRIBE.
    2. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
  IN  THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE REGU-
  LAR 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  PLATES.    SUCH  ANNUAL
  SERVICE  CHARGE SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
  FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-OO OF THIS ARTICLE, TO THE CREDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
  MOTOR VEHICLES DISTINCTIVE PLATE DEVELOPMENT FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
  NINETY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE  LAW,  AND  SHALL  BE  USED  FOR  THE
  PRODUCTION,  DESIGN,  ADVERTISING  AND  MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD02674-01-3

 S. 1032                             2                             A. 509

  PLATES PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
  ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGES COLLECTED IN EXCESS OF SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL
  BE  DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF "THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE
  SCHOLARSHIP  FUND"  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SIX-A OF THE
  STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION OF VICTIMS  WHO
  LOST  AN  IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER AS A RESULT OF THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH,
  TWO THOUSAND ONE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN  NEW  YORK,  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
  NINETY-SIX-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
    S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 96-a to
  read as follows:

    S 96-A. THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.  1.
  THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED, IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
  TAXATION  AND FINANCE AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS
  THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
    2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
  PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR-X OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW
  AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM
  ANY  OTHER  FUND  OR  SOURCE  PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS
  SECTION SHALL  PREVENT  THE  STATE  FROM  RECEIVING  GRANTS,  GIFTS,  OR
  BEQUESTS  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND, AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, AND
  DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
    3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY FOR HIGHER  EDUCATION  OF
  VICTIMS WHO LOST AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER AS A RESULT OF THE SEPTEMBER
  ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK.
    4.  MONIES  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
  THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER
  OF EDUCATION.
    5.  TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL ENSURE
  THAT ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO  THE
  END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law.