S970-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S970-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S970

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
distinctive number plates for gold star fathers

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would authorize the issuance of distinctive license plates
for gold star fathers.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of this bill amends the vehicle and Traffic Law by adding a
new section 404-ii which would provide that any Gold Star Father
wishing to have a Gold Star Fathers license plate shall be issued one.

Subsection 2 of this bill requires that the applicant or the spouse of
the applicant show proof of being a Gold Star Father before a license
plate can be issued to the applicant.

Subsection 3 of this bill states that the fee of the Gold Star Fathers
license plate shall be the same as that of the Gold Star Mothers
license plate and no service charge will applied to the purchase of
the Gold Star Fathers plate.

JUSTIFICATION:
The membership of American Gold Star Fathers, Inc. is comprised of
American Fathers who lost a son or daughter during World War I, World
War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Beirut, Grenada, Panama, the
Persian Gulf, Somalia, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, all Strategic Areas,
the War on Terror, or while in service to our country. In 1991 New
York State introduced a distinctive license plate for New York State
Gold Mothers.

Circumstances have arisen where a father of a fallen soldier has not
been able to secure a distinctive license plate to honor their child.
This bill would eliminate this unnecessary situation and add the
option of a Gold Star Father plate alongside the Gold Star Mother
plate and the Gold Star Family Plate

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Similar to S.951 and S.827A of 1991

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Minimal.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect immediately.

S970-2013 Text

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

                                     970

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LIBOUS -- 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 establishing
    distinctive number plates for gold star fathers

    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-ii to read as follows:

    S 404-II. DISTINCTIVE PLATES FOR GOLD STAR FATHERS. 1. ANY  GOLD  STAR
  FATHER OR THE SPOUSE OF A GOLD STAR FATHER RESIDING IN THIS STATE SHALL,
  UPON  REQUEST,  BE  ISSUED  A LICENSE PLATE BEARING THE WORDS "GOLD STAR
  FATHER". IF A DISTINCTIVE PLATE IS ISSUED TO A GOLD STAR FATHER PURSUANT
  TO THIS SECTION, ADDITIONAL DISTINCTIVE PLATES MAY BE ISSUED  FOR  EVERY
  VEHICLE  REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE GOLD STAR FATHER RECIPIENT RESID-
  ING IN THIS STATE OR THE SPOUSE OF SUCH GOLD STAR FATHER.    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 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
  ISSUED UPON PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER, THAT THE  APPLICANT
  OR THE SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT IS A GOLD STAR FATHER.
    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 NO SERVICE CHARGE  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.
                                                             LBD05437-01-3