NY State Senate Bill 2009-S779

Senate Bill S779

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates a "stop prostate cancer" distinctive license plate program and applies revenues to the prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund

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Jan 06, 2010	referred to transportation
Jan 15, 2009	referred to transportation

2009-S779 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §404-x, V & T L; amd §97-ccc, St Fin L

2009-S779 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a "stop prostate cancer" distinctive license plate program and applies the net revenues raised from the new program to the purposes of the prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund.

2009-S779 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S779

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law,
in relation to creating the "stop prostate cancer" distinctive license
plate program and applying the revenues raised from the new program to
the purposes of the prostate and testicular cancer research and
education fund


 PURPOSE :
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer, excluding skin cancers, in
American men. By permitting the issuance of license plates with the
phrase "stop prostate cancer," this legislation would not only raise
awareness of the disease, but also increase funding for needed
prostate cancer research.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: (1) adds a new section 404-x to the Vehicle and Traffic
Law, which would permit a person to be issued a distinctive license
plate bearing the phrase "stop prostate cancer" in support of prostate
cancer and testicular cancer research.  Application shall be filed
with the commissioner in form and detail as the commissioner shall
prescribe.

(2) annual service charge of $25 will be charged for these distinctive

license plates. $20 of the $25 received as the annual service charge
shall be deposited to the credit of the "prostate and testicular
cancer research and education fund" established pursuant to section
97-ccc of the state Finance Law and shall be used for purposes of the
fund. After one year, funds in the amount of $7,500 or so much as may
be available, shall be allocated to the Department of Motor Vehicles
to offset costs associated with the production of such license plates.

Section 2: amends 97-ccc (2) of the state Finance Law, which
establishes the prostate and testicular cancer research and education
fund. Provides that all revenues generated from the issuance of the
distinctive license plates are received by this fund and used for
scientific research or educational projects into the causes, treatment
and prevention of prostate and testicular cancer upon the
recommendation of the health research science board.

 EXISTING LAW :
None relative to distinctive license plates.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among American men,
excluding skin cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths,
after lung cancer. In 2003, an estimated 220,900 men in the United
States were diagnosed with prostate cancer and an estimated 28,900 men
died of the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. The
incidence rates of prostate cancer have nearly doubled from rates 20
years ago. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be
about 232,090 new cases of prostate cancer in the United States in
2005. About 30,350 men will die of this disease. While 1 man in 6 will
get prostate cancer during his lifetime, only 1 man in 33 will die of
this disease. The death rate for prostate cancer is going down. And
the disease is being found earlier as well.

As with any cancer, the key to survival is early detection and
treatment. Therefore, additional funding is needed to finance
campaigns to increase the awareness of the need to be checked for
prostate cancer and the dangers associated with the disease as well as
the research into new treatments. This legislation would not only
increase awareness of the disease by advertising the need to address

prostate cancer on individual's license plates, but also raise money
to fund needed research of the disease.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2007-2008 - Finance

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None; the State will be reimbursed for the cost of making the license
plates.

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

2009-S779 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   779

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ALESI  -- 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 and the state  finance  law,
  in relation to creating the "stop prostate cancer" distinctive license
  plate program and applying the revenues raised from the new program to
  the purposes of the prostate and testicular cancer research and educa-
  tion fund

  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  "STOP  PROSTATE CANCER" LICENSE PLATES. 1. ANY
PERSON RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL, UPON REQUEST, BE ISSUED A  DISTINC-
TIVE  "STOP  PROSTATE  CANCER"  LICENSE PLATE IN SUPPORT OF PROSTATE AND
TESTICULAR CANCER RESEARCH BEARING THE PHRASE  "STOP  PROSTATE  CANCER".
APPLICATION  FOR SAID 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. TWENTY DOLLARS
FROM EACH TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS RECEIVED  AS  THE  ANNUAL  SERVICE  CHARGE
UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE "PROSTATE AND
TESTICULAR  CANCER  RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND" ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-CCC OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND SHALL BE USED  FOR
THE  PURPOSES OF SUCH FUND; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT ONE YEAR
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT  OF  SEVEN
THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE AVAILABLE,
SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO OFFSET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PRODUCTION OF SUCH LICENSE PLATES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01746-01-9

S. 779                              2

  S 2. Section 97-ccc of the state finance law, as added by chapter  219
of the laws of 1997, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 528 of the laws
of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  S  97-ccc. Prostate and testicular cancer research and education 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 "prostate and testicular cancer research and education 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, all revenues received pursuant to an appropriation by the  legisla-
ture,  all  moneys  collected pursuant to section four hundred four-q of
the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  AS  ADDED  BY  CHAPTER  FIVE   HUNDRED
TWENTY-EIGHT  OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE, and all other
moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred  thereto  from  any  other
fund  or  source pursuant to law. Nothing contained herein 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 prostate and testicu-
lar cancer research and educational projects. As used in  this  section,
"prostate  and  testicular cancer research and education projects" means
scientific research or educational projects which are  approved  by  the
department of health and shall include but not be limited to:
  (a)  SCIENTIFIC  RESEARCH  OR  EDUCATIONAL  PROJECTS  INTO THE CAUSES,
TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF PROSTATE AND  TESTICULAR  CANCER  UPON  THE
RECOMMENDATION  OF THE HEALTH RESEARCH SCIENCE BOARD PURSUANT TO SECTION
TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
  (B) establishment of a  public  education  and  outreach  campaign  to
publicize   prostate  and  testicular  cancer  detection  and  education
services, including the extent of coverage for such services  by  health
insurance,  the medical assistance program, and other public and private
programs;
  [(b)] (C) compilation of data concerning the prostate  and  testicular
cancer  detection and education program and dissemination of the data to
the public;
  [(c)] (D) development of professional  education  programs,  including
the  benefits  of  early detection of prostate and testicular cancer and
the recommended frequency of the test and examination therefor; and
  [(d)] (E) to further the goals and duties of the prostate and testicu-
lar cancer detection  and  education  advisory  council  established  in
section twenty-four hundred fifteen of the public health law.
  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 health.
  5.  To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health 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, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment,  or  repeal  of any rules or regulations
necessary for the implementation of the foregoing sections of  this  act
on  its  effective  date  is  authorized  and  directed  to  be made and
completed on or before such effective date.

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