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History
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Amended on third reading 970a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.642
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Establishes a gold star father distinctive number plate
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Michael G. Miller
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S970A
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 90 days after it shall become a law
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