New York Assembly Bill A01151 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1151 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RA, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to "I Support Music Education" distinctive plates; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the "I support music education" 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 "I Support Music Education" license plates. 1. 4 Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a 5 distinctive license plate bearing the phrase "I Support Music Educa- 6 tion". Application for said license plate shall be filed with the 7 commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall 8 prescribe. 9 2. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued 10 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular 11 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article; 12 provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty- 13 five dollars shall be charged for such plates. 14 3. Each twenty-five dollars received as the annual service charge 15 under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the "I support 16 music education" fund established pursuant to section ninety-five-j of 17 the state finance law and shall be used for music education programs 18 undertaken pursuant to section ninety-five-l of the state finance law. 19 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-l to 20 read as follows: 21 § 95-l. "I support music education" fund. 1. There is hereby estab- 22 lished in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance 23 and the comptroller a fund to be known as the "I support music educa- 24 tion" fund. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00689-01-5 
 A. 1151 2 1 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to 2 section four hundred four-ff of the vehicle and traffic law, and all 3 other moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any 4 other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section 5 shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the 6 purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into 7 the fund according to law. 8 2-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller 9 shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speak- 10 er of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair of 11 the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited in 12 the "I support music education" fund during the preceding calendar year 13 as the result of revenue derived pursuant to section four hundred four- 14 ff of the vehicle and traffic law and from grants, gifts and bequests. 15 3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for music education 16 projects approved by the department of education in New York state. 17 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of 18 the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner 19 of education. 20 § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of 21 the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued 22 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond 23 in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a 24 surety company authorized by the department of financial services to 25 transact business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis- 26 sioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, 27 production and issuance at least two hundred orders for such distinctive 28 plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable to 29 each such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond 30 shall be required. All service charges collected pursuant to this 31 section shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo 32 of the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor 33 vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-l 34 of the state finance law and shall be used for the design, production, 35 advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance 36 with such section 95-l. 37 2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which 38 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale two 39 hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant 40 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of 41 such plates are sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles 42 shall be entitled to recover against the bond in an amount proportionate 43 to such shortfall. 44 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 45 sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the one hundred 46 eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, 47 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 48 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 49 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.