What's happening
This bill allows fire police members and their spouses to obtain special "Fire Police" license plates for a fee.
Why it matters
Expands recognition. for fire police and their spouses, providing a visible sign of service and potentially increasing awareness of their unique role in public safety.
Creates a modest, one-time cost. ($10 service charge plus regular registration) for the specialty plate, making it accessible while covering state manufacturing expenses.
Includes a safeguard. requiring that enough service charges are collected to cover production costs, ensuring the program is financially sustainable and does not create a budget shortfall.
Limits issuance to one plate per household. , preventing both a fire police member and their spouse from each receiving a plate at the same time, which keeps the program controlled and exclusive.
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Who cares
Fire police members
They could request plates bearing “Fire Police” upon proof of membership, paying the regular registration fee plus a one-time $10 service charge.
Spouses of fire police members
They could qualify based on their spouse’s membership, but both spouses could not receive the distinctive plate.
Department of Motor Vehicles
The commissioner would set application and proof requirements and could withhold issuance unless satisfied that service-charge revenue would cover plate design and manufacturing costs.
Headline styles
Create Fire Police License Plates
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Held for consideration in transportation
- Referred to transportation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Create Fire Police Plates
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Fredrick J. Akshar II
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1869
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issuance of distinctive plates for fire police
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 404-y to read as follows:
§ 404-y. Distinctive plates for fire police. 1. Any person who is a member of the fire police or the spouse of any such person shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "Fire Police". If a distinctive plate is issued to a person pursuant to this section, such a distinctive plate shall not be issued to the spouse of such person. 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 in subdivision one of this section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or the spouse of the applicant is a member of the fire police.
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 an additional one time service charge of ten dollars shall be charged for such plate.
4. Nothing contained herein shall require the issuance of a special number plate under this section unless the commissioner is satisfied that the aggregate amount of annual service charges collected pursuant to subdivision three of this section will be sufficient to recover the costs of the design and manufacture of such special plates.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04511-01-7
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