S4062-2013 Actions

• Mar 6, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S4062-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4062

TITLE  OF  BILL:    An  act  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to creating a distinctive license plate for  members  of  the
United States army 10th mountain division

PURPOSE:  To provide distinctive license plates bearing the words "New
York  salutes  the  10th  Mountain  Division" to residents in New York
State.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. adds new section 404-x. to the vehicle and traffic  law  to
provide  distinctive  license  plates for members of the United States
Army 10th Mountain Division. Any member of the United States Army 10th
Mountain Division residing in this state will be able to upon request,
be issued a license plate bearing the 10th Mountain Division  insignia
and   the   words   "United   States  Army  10th  Mountain  Division".
Applications for these distinctive plates are to  be  filed  with  the
commissioner.  No  license  plates  are  to  be issued to an applicant
without verification that the  applicant  is  a  member  of  the  10th
Mountain  Division  of  the United States Army. The distinctive plates
issued are to be administered in  the  same  manner  as  other  number
plates upon payment of the regular registration fee with an additional
one time service fee of $20. This annual service fee will be deposited
into  the  department  of motor vehicles distinctive plate development
fund and be used for production, design, advertising and marketing  of
distinctive license plates.

Section 2. provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:  From their beginning on the battlefield in 1945 to the
present,  the  10th Mountain Division has maintained its status as one
of the most unique combat forces  in  American  military  history.  In
1985,  the  Division  was  reactivated  as  the 10th Mountain Division
(Light Infantry) at Fort Drum,  New  York  in  Jefferson  County.  All
soldiers  of  the  10th  Mountain  Division must be prepared to deploy
anywhere in the world. Whether  their  missions  were  in  support  of
Operation Desert Shield/Storm; the humanitarian Operation Restore Hope
in  Somalia,  East Africa; assisting in hurricane and ice storm relief
efforts here at home; or the most recent  deployments  to  Afghanistan
and Iraq, to name a few, the Division has always shown their technical
and tactical proficiency in accomplishing their mission.

This  legislation  will recognize the 10th Mountain Division and their
unique training in mountain and winter warfare, which has brought them
great success and has helped advance world  peace.  Furthermore,  this
legislation  will  honor our veterans from the United States Army 10th
Mountain  Division  by  providing  members  with  distinctive  license
'plates in recognition of their service to our great nation.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  None.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S4062-2013 Text

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

                                    4062

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                March 6, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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  creating  a
    distinctive  license  plate for members of the United States army 10th
    mountain division

    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 MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY 10TH
  MOUNTAIN DIVISION. 1. ANY MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY 10TH MOUNTAIN
  DIVISION RESIDING IN THIS  STATE,  SHALL,  UPON  REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED  A
  LICENSE  PLATE BEARING THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION INSIGNIA AND THE WORDS
  "UNITED STATES  ARMY  10TH  MOUNTAIN  DIVISION".  APPLICATION  FOR  SUCH
  LICENSE  PLATE  SHALL  BE  FILED  WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN SUCH FORM AND
  DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE, AND SHALL BE VERIFIED  ANNU-
  ALLY  BY THE APPLICANT. NO LICENSE PLATE SHALL BE ISSUED TO AN APPLICANT
  WITHOUT VERIFICATION THAT SUCH APPLICANT IS A MEMBER OF THE  10TH  MOUN-
  TAIN DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
    2. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE ISSUED
  IN  THE  SAME MANNER AS SUCH OTHER NUMBER PLATES UPON THE PAYMENT OF THE
  REGULAR REGISTRATION FEE PRESCRIBED BY SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS
  ARTICLE,  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL SERVICE CHARGE OF
  TWENTY DOLLARS SHALL BE CHARGED FOR  SUCH  PLATE.  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 NINE-
  TY-FIVE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION,
  DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND MARKETING OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATES PURSUANT
  TO SUCH SECTION NINETY-FIVE-G.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD09079-01-3