What's happening
This bill creates a "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plate, with fees funding World Trade Center memorial scholarships.
Why it matters
Creates a new, optional license plate. , allowing New York residents to visibly commemorate September 11, 2001, which could appeal to individuals and families seeking a public way to honor the memory of the event and its victims.
Directs all proceeds from the $25 annual service charge. for the plate to a dedicated scholarship fund for families affected by 9/11, potentially increasing the resources available for educational support to those who lost loved ones or were otherwise impacted.
Includes financial safeguards and minimum interest requirements. (such as a $6,000 surety bond or 200 pre-orders) to prevent excessive state spending on plate production if there is low demand, ensuring fiscal responsibility.
Allows for additional private contributions and grants. to the scholarship fund, expanding the potential impact beyond just license plate fees and creating more opportunities for community involvement and remembrance.
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9/11 Remembrance License Plates
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History
- Signed chap.224
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.796
- Substituted for S6072B
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.951
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
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- Print number 7715b
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Print number 7715a
- Amend and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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9/11 Memorial License Plates
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
S. 6072--B A. 7715--B Cal. No. 796
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
May 10, 2017
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, LARKIN, PHILLIPS, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance… Show allHide
IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, LARKIN, PHILLIPS, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
IN ASSEMBLY -- 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 -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the state finance law, in relation to creating the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" distinctive license plate program
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-ee to read as follows:
§ 404-ee. Distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates. 1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plate. Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regular registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article; provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such plates.
3. Each twenty-five dollars received as the annual service charge under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the "World Trade Center memorial scholarship fund" established pursuant to section ninety-six of the state finance law and shall be used for scholarships awarded pursuant to sections six hundred eight and six hundred sixtyeight-d of the education law.
§ 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 96 to read as follows:
§ 96. The World Trade Center memorial scholarship fund. 1. There is hereby established, in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as the World Trade Center memorial scholarship fund.
2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the provisions of section four hundred four-ee of the vehicle and traffic law and all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts, or bequests for the purposes of the fund, as defined in this section, and depositing them into the fund according to law.
3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for scholarships awarded pursuant to sections six hundred eight and six hundred sixty-eight-d of the education law.
4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner of education.
5. To the extent possible, the commissioner of education shall ensure that all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the end of that fiscal year.
§ 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ee of the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of $6,000, 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 200 orders for 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 service charges collected pursuant to this section 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, 200 or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
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§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. 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 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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