What's happening
This bill waives the annual service fee for "September 11th Remembrance" license plates for first responders disabled by certified World Trade Center medical conditions.
Why it matters
Directly benefits disabled 9/11 first responders. by reducing their ongoing financial burden, recognizing their unique sacrifices and health consequences suffered due to service at the World Trade Center.
Acknowledges certified World Trade Center medical conditions. as a qualifying factor, which ties the benefit to verified, work-related health impacts rather than broad criteria, ensuring targeted support.
Adds symbolic and practical value. The “September 11th Remembrance” license plates are both a mark of honor and a potential source of pride for recipients, while the waived fee removes a potential barrier to accessing this recognition.
Signals continued state commitment. to supporting those affected by 9/11, reinforcing public remembrance and government responsibility for long-term care of first responders.
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Who cares
Certified first responders disabled by a certified World Trade Center medical condition
They would be exempt from the $25 annual service charge for September 11 remembrance license plates.
Motor vehicle registration officials
They would need to apply the fee waiver for qualifying first responders while continuing to collect regular registration fees.
Other September 11 remembrance plate holders
They would remain subject to the $25 annual service charge unless they qualify for the waiver.
Headline styles
Waive 9/11 Plate Fee
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 7
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.568
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5845
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2019
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 waiving the annual service fee for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates for certain first responders
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 404-ee of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 224 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
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, except that such additional annual service charge shall be waived for any certified first responder who is disabled as a result of a certified World Trade Center medical condition.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11746-01-9
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to waiving the annual service fee for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates for certain first responders
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation would allow for the waiving of the annual service fee for distinctive "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plates for certified first responders who are disabled as a result of a certified World Trade Center medical condition.
Summary of provisions
Section 1:
Section one of this bill amends subdivision 2 of section 404-ee of the vehicle and traffic law by adding "certified first responders" of the September eleventh, two thousand one attacks who have become disabled as a result of a certified World Trade Center medical condition waiving the fee for the "September eleventh, two thousand one remembrance" license plate.
Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take immediately.
Justification
Each day, the number of deaths for first responders who participated in World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations continues to grow. Almost eighteen years after the attacks on the World Trade Center, over ten thousand first responders and others in the disaster area have been diagnosed with cancer and other debilitating illnesses, and more than 2,000 deaths have been related to 9/11 related illness.
Even for first responders who are still in good health, the fear of future illness is constantly in their minds. However, these heroes still have to focus on providing financially for their families, and preparing for the potential risk of developing illness as a result of their call to serve on that fateful day. For their sacrifice, these individuals deserve the remembrance plate honoring their heroism without the addi- tional cost charged for these plates.
Prior legislative history
None
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
Minimal.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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