S269-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S269-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S269

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
distinctive license plates for combat medics

PURPOSE:
Provides for the issuance of Combat Medic license plates for vehicles.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends �404-x of the Vehicle and Traffic law to include
distinctive license plates for Combat Medics who were awarded the
Combat Medical Badge. Section one states the requirements for
application and the fees to purchase such license plates.

Section 2 contains the effective date.

EXISTING LAW:
No such license plate currently exists.

JUSTIFICATION:
New York currently offers a custom license plate recognizing Combat
Infantrymen. However, there is no license plate to recognize Combat
Medics. Combat Medics serve wherever Combat Infantrymen do and the
number of points needed for promotion are equal for the Combat
Infantryman Badge and the Combat Medic Badge.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.7306 of 2006 - Advanced to Third Reading
S.6979 of 2010 - Referred to Transportation
S.5329 of 2011 - Referred to Transportation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S269-2013 Text

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

                                     269

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

  AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
    distinctive license plates for combat medics

    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 COMBAT MEDICS.  1. ANY COMBAT MEDIC
  RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED  A  LICENSE  PLATE
  BEARING  THE  WORDS  "COMBAT  MEDIC". APPLICATION FOR SAID LICENSE PLATE
  SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH  FORM  AND  DETAIL  AS  THE
  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PRESCRIBE.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "COMBAT
  MEDIC" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO SERVED OR IS SERVING IN THE ARMED  FORCES
  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES, WHO WAS AWARDED THE COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE AND IF
  DISCHARGED WAS DISCHARGED THEREFROM UNDER OTHER THAN DISHONORABLE CONDI-
  TIONS.
    2. THE DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  ISSUED
  UPON  PROOF,  SATISFACTORY  TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE APPLICANT IS A
  WAR ON TERROR VETERAN.
    3. 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.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01360-01-3