What's happening
This bill allows active New York City auxiliary police officers to obtain distinctive "N.Y.P.D. Auxiliary Police" license plates.
Why it matters
Recognizes and honors NYC auxiliary police officers. by allowing them a visible symbol of their service, which could foster public appreciation and potentially help in community-police relations.
Restricts eligibility to active members only. , ensuring that only those currently serving can display the plates, and requiring surrender of the plates upon leaving the auxiliary police, which helps maintain the integrity and credibility of the designation.
Imposes an additional $25 annual fee. for the special plates, but also includes a provision that the program will only proceed if there’s enough demand to cover production costs, meaning it won't drain state resources or subsidize the plates at taxpayer expense.
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Special Plates for Aux Police
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Sponsors
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1719
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, ORTIZ, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the issuance of distinctive license plates to New York city auxiliary police officers
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-ff to read as follows:
§ 404-ff. Distinctive plates for New York city auxiliary police. 1. Any member of the New York city auxiliary police shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the emblem and words "N.Y.P.D. Auxiliary Police." Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall be verified annually by the applicant.
2. The distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant is presently an active member of the New York city auxiliary police and shall be surrendered upon the separation from the New York city auxiliary 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 and an additional annual service charge of twenty-five dollars.
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 number plates.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06668-01-9
A. 1719 2
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on which 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 date.
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