What's happening
This bill creates a special New York license plate to honor the Boy Scouts of America, with specific issuance requirements and fees.
Why it matters
Creates a new fundraising mechanism for the Boy Scouts of America. The required one-time $25 service charge for the special plate could generate additional revenue to support Boy Scouts programs, especially since a minimum of 200 plates must be pre-ordered for initial production.
Sets financial safeguards for the state. By requiring a $6,000 surety bond unless sufficient pre-orders are met, the bill ensures the state doesn’t incur financial loss if there isn't enough demand for the plates.
Establishes a threshold for continued issuance. If fewer than 200 plates are sold after two years, the state can recover costs from the bond, ensuring ongoing viability and reducing the risk of unsold inventory.
Reflects state recognition and public visibility. The creation and public display of a Boy Scouts license plate signals formal state acknowledgment of the organization’s role and could increase its visibility and perceived legitimacy in New York.
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Create Boy Scouts License Plate
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Sponsors
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1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Print number 4424a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Create Boy Scouts License Plate
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Robert Ortt
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4424--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a distinctive plate honoring the Boy Scouts of America
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-z to read as follows:
§ 404-z. Distinctive Boy Scouts of America plates. 1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive plate in support of the Boy Scouts of America of a design approved by the commissioner in consultation with the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
2. An application for such plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
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 and an initial one time service charge of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such plates.
§ 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-z of the vehicle and traffic law as added by section one of this act shall only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the department of a surety bond in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized by the department of financial services to transact business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, production and issuance at least two hundred orders for
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such distinctive plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable to each such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond shall be required. All such service charges shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g of the state finance law and shall be used for the design, production, advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance with such section 95-g.
2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale two hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of such plates are sold by such time, such department shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided further, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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