What's happening
This bill eliminates the annual service charge and replaces it with a one-time $20 fee for volunteer ambulance service license plates.
Why it matters
Reduces ongoing costs for volunteer ambulance workers. By removing the annual service charge and replacing it with a single $20 fee, the bill makes it more affordable for volunteers to obtain and keep distinctive license plates, which can be an important symbol of their service.
May encourage more volunteers to apply for plates. Lowering the long-term financial barrier could increase the number of volunteer ambulance workers who choose to display these plates, potentially boosting recognition and community support for their role.
Simplifies administrative processes. A one-time charge instead of yearly billing streamlines the paperwork and processing for both the state and plate holders, possibly reducing administrative overhead and errors.
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End Annual Ambulance Plate Fee
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Sponsors
22 Co-sponsors
- David Buchwald
- Anthony D'Urso
- Angelo J. Morinello
- Joe DeStefano
- Jake Ashby
- Angelo Santabarbara
- Vivian Cook
- Steven Englebright
- Jamie Romeo
- Judy Griffin
- Marianne Buttenschon
- Sandy Galef
- Doug Smith
- Robert Smullen
- Karl Brabenec
- Brian Manktelow
- Chris Tague
- Michael J. Norris
- Colin Schmitt
- John K. Mikulin
- Aileen Gunther
- Victor M. Pichardo
3 Multi-sponsors
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.
Cut Ambulance Plate Fees
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Toby Ann Stavisky
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4198
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER, BUCHWALD -- read once and referred 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.
LBD07816-01-9
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