New York A 4495: Authorizes a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; and establishes the guardians for schools fund

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A04495 Summary:

BILL NOA04495 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01133

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SPONSORJensen

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Add §404-ff, V & T L; add §97-zzzz, St Fin L

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Authorizes a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; establishes the guardians for schools fund.

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BILL NOA04495 

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02/04/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4495

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
 a distinctive "guardians for schools" license plate; and to amend the
 state finance law, in relation to establishing the guardians for
 schools 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 "guardians for schools" license plates. 1. Any
 4 person residing in this state shall upon request be issued a distinctive
 5 "guardians for schools" license plate bearing the phrase "guardians for
 6 schools". Application for said license plates shall be filed with the
 7 commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall
 8 prescribe.
 9 2. Any distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be
 10 issued in the same manner as other number plates upon the payment of the
 11 regular registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this
 12 article provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of
 13 twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such plate. Such annual service
 14 charge shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section four
 15 hundred four-oo of this article to the credit of the guardians for
 16 schools fund established by section ninety-seven-zzzz of the state
 17 finance law, and shall be used for purpose of ensuring increased securi-
 18 ty in public schools. Provided, however, that one year after the effec-
 19 tive date of this section, funds in the amount of five thousand dollars,
 20 or so much thereof as may be available shall be allocated from such fund
 21 to the department to offset costs associated with the production of such
 22 license plate.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03533-01-5

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 1 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-zzzz
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 97-zzzz. Guardians for schools fund. 1. There is hereby estab-
 4 lished in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance
 5 and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as the "guardians for
 6 schools fund".
 7 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the
 8 provisions of section four hundred four-ff of the vehicle and traffic
 9 law and all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto
 10 from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this
 11 section shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests
 12 for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing
 13 them into the fund according to law.
 14 3. Moneys of the fund shall be expended for the sole purpose of ensur-
 15 ing increased security in public schools, including, but not limited to,
 16 helping pay for school resource officers, security training, mental
 17 health counseling, metal detectors, security cameras and other school
 18 building modifications to improve school safety. The commissioner of
 19 education of the state of New York shall establish guidelines and crite-
 20 ria for qualifying expenditures under this subdivision and shall promul-
 21 gate all rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of
 22 this subdivision.
 23 4. Moneys shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of
 24 the state comptroller on vouchers certif