S4414-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
• Apr 4, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S4414-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4414

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the
issuance of distinctive license plates for family members of service
members who died in the line of duty

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The bill authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to create a
distinctive license plate for family members of service members who
have died in the line of duty.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill adds a new �404-x to the Vehicle & Traffic Law
to authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to create a distinctive
license plate for family members of service members who have died in
the line of duty. The plate will read "Family of a Fallen Soldier",
"Sailor", "Marine", " Airman" , or "Guardsman" as determined by the
service members branch of the Armed Services.

Section two of the bill specifies the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

The tragic deaths of service men and women who have fallen in the War
on Terror have touched many households in New York State. Family
members are searching for appropriate ways to honor the service and
sacrifice of their loved ones. The Gold Star program has been so
closely associated with mothers of the fallen, that other family
members don't feel comfortable within its limits. As a result,
Colorado has implemented, and other states are considering, the
Fallen Service Members license plate program.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2008:    S.7992 Finance Committee/A.11368 Transportation Committee
2009-10: S.3809 Transportation Cmte.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Once the initial plate designs are completed it is expected that this
legislation will result in an increase in the fees paid into the
Distinctive Plate Development Fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the 180th day after it shall have become
law.

S4414-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         4414
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 April 4, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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  authorizing
 the  issuance  of  distinctive  license  plates  for family members of
 service members who died in the line of duty
 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 LICENSE PLATES  FOR  FAMILY  MEMBERS  OF  SERVICE
 MEMBERS  WHO  DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "FAMILY MEMBERS OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY"
 SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE, PARENT, SIBLING OR CHILD OF A FALLEN SERVICE MEMBER
 WHO DIED IN THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES
 AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED SERVICES.
 2. ANY FAMILY MEMBER OF A SERVICE MEMBER WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF  DUTY
 AND  WHO RESIDES IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A DISTINC
 TIVE LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "FAMILY OF A FALLEN SAILOR", "FAMI
 LY OF A FALLEN MARINE", "FAMILY OF A FALLEN SOLDIER"  OR  "FAMILY  OF  A
 FALLEN AIRMAN" OR "FAMILY OF A FALLEN GUARDSMAN" OF A DESIGN APPROVED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER. 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 ANNUALLY BY THE APPLICANT.
 3. A DISTINCTIVE PLATE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER,
 THAT THE APPLICANT IS A FAMILY MEMBER OF A SERVICE MEMBER  WHO  DIED  IN
 THE LINE OF DUTY.
 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  ANNUAL  SERVICE   CHARGE   OF
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10601-01-1
 
       S. 4414                             2
 TWENTY-FIVE 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 on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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