A 4847: Discontinues service fees for distinctive license plates issued to veterans.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4847 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to discontinu- ing service fees for distinctive license plates issued to veterans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 404-h of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 5 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 6 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article 7 [provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of ten 8 dollars shall be charged for such plate]. 9 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 404-j of the vehicle and traffic law, as 10 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 4. Fee. A special plate and registration issued pursuant to this 13 section shall be issued upon payment of the regular registration fee 14 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article [provided, howev- 15 er, that an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars shall be 16 charged for such plate]. 17 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 404-k of the vehicle and traffic law, as 18 amended by chapter 415 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 21 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 22 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article 23 [provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of ten 24 dollars shall be charged for such plate]. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04060-01-5 
 A. 4847 2 1 § 4. Subdivision 3 of section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law, as 2 added by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 4 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 5 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti- 6 cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of 7 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate. Provided, however, that one 8 year after the effective date of this section funds in the amount of 9 five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall be 10 allocated from such funds to the department to offset costs associated 11 with the production of such license plates]. 12 § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as 13 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 14 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 15 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 16 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this arti- 17 cle[, provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of 18 ten dollars shall be charged for such plate]. 19 § 6. Subdivision 4 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law, as 20 added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 21 4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 22 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 23 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article 24 [provided, however, that an additional one time service charge of ten 25 dollars shall be charged for such plate]. 26 § 7. Subdivision 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 27 amended by chapter 105 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as 28 follows: 29 1-a. The commissioner may issue special number plates to applicants 30 who are members of veterans organizations in the same manner as other 31 number plates are issued pursuant to this article. Such special number 32 plates shall be issued only upon (a) payment of a one-time service 33 charge of ten dollars in addition to the regular registration fee 34 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, provided that 35 such service charge shall be waived for any applicant who has been a 36 member of the veterans organization for five or more years, and (b) 37 submission of proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli- 38 cant is presently a member of the veterans organization for which such 39 plate is requested. Such membership shall be verified annually by the 40 applicant. Application for such plates shall be made in accordance with 41 regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect to the issuance 42 of such plates. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall 43 be deemed to supersede the provisions of section four hundred four-d, 44 four hundred four-e, four hundred four-h, four hundred four-i, four 45 hundred four-j, four hundred four-k, four hundred four-p, four hundred 46 four-aa, or four hundred four-dd of this article. 47 § 8. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 48 have become a law.