New York A 11178: Authorizes distinctive license plates for women veterans

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A11178 Summary:

BILL NOA11178 

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SPONSORLunsford

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Authorizes distinctive license plates for women veterans; directs that excess service charges collected be used to support programs that support women veterans at the direction of the commissioner of veterans' services.

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05/01/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11178

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
 distinctive license plates for women veterans

 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 women veterans. 1. Any woman veteran
 4 residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate
 5 bearing the words "Woman Veteran". Application for said license plate
 6 shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the
 7 commissioner shall prescribe.
 8 2. The distinctive plates authorized in subdivision one of this
 9 section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,
 10 that the applicant is a woman veteran.
 11 3. The department of veterans' services, in consultation with women
 12 veterans throughout New York state, shall have final approval of the
 13 design of the distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this
 14 section.
 15 4. For the purposes of this section, the term "veteran" shall have the
 16 same meaning as set forth in subdivision three of section one of the
 17 veterans' services law.
 18 5. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 19 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 20 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article
 21 provided, however, that an additional one time service charge of ten
 22 dollars shall be charged for such plate.
 23 § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
 24 the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
 25 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond
 26 in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
 27 surety company authorized by the department of financial services to
 28 transact business in this state. Provided, however, that if the commis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15485-03-6

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 1 sioner of motor vehicles shall have received prior to plate design,
 2 production and issuance at least two hundred orders for such distinctive
 3 plate together with the additional annual service charge applicable to
 4 each such order, which shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond
 5 shall be required. Service charges collected pursuant to this section
 6 shall first be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo of
 7 the vehicle and traffic law to the credit of the department of motor
 8 vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section 95-g
 9 of the state finance law and shall be used for the design, production,
 10 advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance
 11 with such section 95-g, and any amounts in excess of the amount required
 12 to be collected pursuant to section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic
 13 law shall be used to support programs that support women veterans at the
 14 direction of the commissioner of veterans' services.
 15 2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
 16 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale two
 17 hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant
 18 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred