Senate Bill S685

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes distinctive license plates for Korean Defense veterans or the spouse of any such veteran

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S685 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4457
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง404-x, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2199, A222
2011-2012: S636, A1152
2013-2014: S2749, A8737
2017-2018: S236, A8199

2015-S685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes distinctive license plates for Korean Defense veterans who were awarded the Korean Defense Service Medal; provides that an additional one time service charge of ten dollars shall be charged for such plate.

2015-S685 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   685

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  distinctive
  plates for Korean Defense veterans

  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 KOREAN DEFENSE VETERANS. 1. ANY KOREAN
DEFENSE  VETERAN  OR THE SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH VETERAN SHALL, UPON REQUEST,
BE ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "KOREAN DEFENSE VETERAN". IF
A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A VETERAN  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,
SUCH  A  DISTINCTIVE  PLATE  SHALL  NOT  BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSE OF SUCH
VETERAN. APPLICATION FOR SAID 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 A KOREAN DEFENSE VETERAN.
  3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "KOREAN DEFENSE VETERAN" SHALL MEAN A
PERSON  WHO  IS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE, WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES
OF THE UNITED STATES, WHO WAS AWARDED THE KOREAN DEFENSE SERVICE  MEDAL,
AND WAS 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.
  5. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE THE ISSUANCE  OF  A  SPECIAL
NUMBER  PLATE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER IS SATISFIED

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

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