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Provides for distinctive license plates for veterans of the armed forces of the United States
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Ronald Canestrari
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance of distinctive plates for veterans of the armed forces of the United States
Purpose
To create distinctive license plates for the branches of the United States military and related bodies.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding a new section 404-x. 1. Allows for any veteran of the army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard or merchant marine of the United States shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive license plate for the body they belonged to.
2. States that plates will only be issued upon proof of one's veteran status or the spouse of such veteran.
3. States that shall be issued in similar fashion to other distinctive plates and authorizes that an additional one time service charge of ten dollars shall be charged for such plate.
4. States that no special number plates shall be issued unless the commissioner feels the amount of annual service charges collected will be sufficient to recover costs of the design and manufacture of such special plates.
Section 2. Effective date.
Justification
Many New Yorkers serve in the US army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard or merchant marines and some of these New Yorkers are even serving our nation currently Iraq and Afghanistan. This bill will allow for the creation of license plates bearing the words "United States Army Veteran", "United States Navy Veteran", "United States Air Force Veteran", "United States Marine Corps Veteran", "United States Coast Guard Veteran", or "United States Merchant Marine Veteran", respectively. Creating these broader plates will help honor all our veterans who sacrificed to protect our nation.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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