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2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1480
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1667
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to custom plates for veterans
Purpose
This legislation waives the $38.75 fee for any kind of veterans custom plate, excluding plates with vanity lettering.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the vehicle and traffic law by adding new section 404-x, which states that the fee for custom veterans license plates without vanity lettering will be waivered for veterans. The waiver will not apply to custom veterans license plates with vanity lettering.
Section 2 effective date.
Justification
Veterans have served this country in such a heroic manner that can never be repaid. They risked their lives for the sake of their country, and they deserve whatever benefits we can offer them. Veterans deserve the right to commemorable license plates free of charge.
Legislative history
2007: S.3104- Passed Senate, A.7627- Died in Assembly S.969A of 2014: Referred to Transportation
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of May next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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