New York S 8456: Provides distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of America

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S08456 Summary:

BILL NOS08456 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04461

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SPONSORTEDISCO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §404-ff, amd §404, V & T L

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Provides for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of America.

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BILL NOS08456 

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07/11/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8456

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 July 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
 for distinctive license plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of
 America

 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 plates for members of the Seabee Veterans of
 4 America. 1. Any member of the Seabee Veterans of America residing in
 5 this state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the
 6 Navy Seabee emblem. Application for said license plate shall be filed
 7 with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall
 8 prescribe.
 9 2. The distinctive plate authorized in this section shall be issued
 10 upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant is a
 11 member of the Seabee Veterans of America.
 12 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 13 in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the regu-
 14 lar registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this
 15 article, provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge
 16 of ten dollars shall be charged for such plate.
 17 § 2. Subdivision 1-a of section 404 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 18 added by chapter 105 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 19 1-a. The commissioner may issue special number plates to applicants
 20 who are members of veterans organizations in the same manner as other
 21 number plates are issued pursuant to this article. Such special number
 22 plates shall be issued only upon (a) payment of a one-time service
 23 charge of ten dollars in addition to the regular registration fee
 24 prescribed by section four hundred one of this article, and (b)

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04640-01-5

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 1 submission of proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli-
 2 cant is presently a member of the veterans organization for which such
 3 plate is requested. Such membership shall be verified annually by the
 4 applicant. Application for such plates shall be made in accordance with
 5 regulations promulgated by the commissioner with respect to the issuance
 6 of such plates. Provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall
 7 be deemed to supersede the provisions of section four hundred four-d,
 8 four hundred four-e, four hundred four-h, four hundred four-i, four
 9 hundred four-j, four hundred four-k, four hundred four-p, four hundred
 10 four-aa, [or] four hundred four-dd or four hundred four-ff of this arti-
 11 cle.
 12 § 3. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
 13 the vehicle and traffic law as added by section one of this act shall
 14 only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the depart-
 15 ment of motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of six thousand
 16 dollars, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized by the
 17 department of financial services to transact business in this state.
 18 Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have
 19 received prior to plate design, production and issuance at least two
 20 hundred orders for such distinctive plate together with the additional
 21 one-time service charge applicable to each such order, which shall be
 22 non-refundable, no s