New York Assembly Bill A03533 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3533 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- 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 "Blue Star Mother" and "Blue Star Family" distinctive license plates; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the "blue star mothers and families support fund" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 404-ff to read as follows: 3 § 404-ff. Distinctive "Blue Star Mother" and "Blue Star Family" 4 license plates. 1. Any person residing in this state whose child, 5 spouse, parent, sibling, or grandchild is actively serving in the armed 6 forces of the United States shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive 7 license plate bearing the words "Blue Star Mother" or "Blue Star Fami- 8 ly", respectively. Application for said license plate shall be filed 9 with the form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe. 10 2. The distinctive plates authorized pursuant to this section shall be 11 issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant 12 is the parent of an active duty service member, or the spouse, child, 13 sibling, or grandparent of an active duty service member, in the same 14 manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regular registra- 15 tion fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, 16 provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty- 17 five dollars shall be charged for such plate. 18 3. Each twenty-five dollars received as the annual service charge 19 under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the "blue star 20 mothers and families support fund" established pursuant to section nine- 21 ty-five-l of the state finance law and shall be used for blue star moth- 22 ers and blue star families organizations as determined by the New York 23 state division of veterans' affairs' division of veterans' services EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06866-01-3 
 A. 3533 2 1 pursuant to subdivision three of section ninety-five-l of the state 2 finance law. 3 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-l to 4 read as follows: 5 § 95-l. "Blue star mothers and families support fund". 1. There is 6 hereby established in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation 7 and finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as the blue 8 star mothers and families support fund. 9 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to 10 section four hundred four-ff of the vehicle and traffic law, and all 11 other moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any 12 other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section 13 shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts, or bequests for 14 the purposes of the fund, as defined in this section, and depositing 15 them into the fund according to law. 16 3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only by the New York state 17 division of veterans' affairs' division of veterans' services. These 18 funds shall be used for programs and organizations that support parents 19 and family members of active duty members of the armed forces of the 20 United States. 21 § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of 22 the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section one of this act, shall 23 only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the depart- 24 ment of motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of $6,000, which 25 shall be executed by a surety company authorized by the department of 26 financial services to transact business in this state. Provided, howev- 27 er, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior 28 to the plate design, production and issuance at least 200 orders for 29 such distinctive plate together with the additional annual service 30 charge applicable to each such order, which shall be non-refundable, no 31 such surety bond shall be required. All such service charges shall be 32 deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle 33 and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor vehicles 34 distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-l of the 35 state finance law and shall be used for the design, production, adver- 36 tising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance with 37 such section 95-l. 38 2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which 39 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale, 200 or 40 more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant to this 41 section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are 42 sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles shall be entitled to 43 recover against the bond an amount proportionate to such shortfall. 44 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 45 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 46 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 47 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 48 completed on or before such effective date.