What's happening
This bill eliminates the annual fee and instead imposes a one-time $20 service charge for volunteer ambulance service license plates.
Why it matters
Reduces the financial burden on volunteer ambulance workers. by eliminating recurring annual fees for their special license plates, making it more affordable to maintain recognition of their service.
Encourages recruitment and retention of volunteer EMTs. by providing a small but meaningful benefit, which could help address shortages in volunteer ambulance services.
Streamlines administrative processes. for both the state and volunteers, as a one-time charge is simpler to manage than annual billing and renewals.
Signals increased appreciation for volunteer first responders. by acknowledging their contributions with a less costly, more accessible recognition program.
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Who cares
Volunteer ambulance service members
The bill would replace the $15 annual service charge for their distinctive plates with a $20 one-time initial charge, while retaining regular registration fees.
Volunteer ambulance services
The bill would change the cost of distinctive plates available to their members from a recurring charge to a one-time charge.
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
The bill would require collecting a $20 initial service charge for these plates instead of a $15 annual charge.
Headline styles
End Annual Plate Fees
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
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History
- Referred to 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.
End Yearly Ambulance Plate Fee
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Michael DenDekker
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5223
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 16, 2017
Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating the annual service charge for distinctive plates for members of volunteer ambulance services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 404-f of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
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 [chapter] article and an [additional annual] initial one time service charge of [fifteen] twenty dollars.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating the annual service charge for distinctive plates for members of volunteer ambulance services
Summary of provisions
Subdivision 3 of section 404-f of the vehicle and traffic law as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991 is amended.
Purpose or general idea of bill
To replace the annual service charge for special plates for volunteer ambulance members to a one time twenty dollar fee.
Justification
This bill would replace the present annual twenty dollar fee for distinctive plates bearing "V.A.S." charged to volunteer ambulance members with an initial one-time fee of twenty dollars.
Section 404-b of the Vehicle and Traffic Law presently allows volunteer firefighters to obtain distinctive license plates for a one-time fee of twenty dollars. There is no annual license plate fee assessed to volunteer firefighters, but an annual fee of twenty dollars is levied on volunteer ambulance members. This bill would remedy the inequity in license plate fees between these two groups by eliminating the annual fee for volunteer ambulance members.
The members contribute their time without compensation. The service that volunteer ambulance members provide to many communities is invaluable, and the state has a vested interest in promoting participation in volunteer ambulance programs.
Prior legislative history
Previously introduced.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
Immediately upon enactment.
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