New York S 2019: Creates distinctive license plates for the United States army 10th mountain division

Status: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 2019

Sponsors: Mark Walczyk

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S02019 Summary:

BILL NOS02019 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00899

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SPONSORWALCZYK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §404-ff, V & T L

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Creates distinctive license plates for members and supporters of the United States army 10th mountain division.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2019

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to creating
 distinctive license plates for the United States army 10th mountain
 division

 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 the United States army 10th mountain
 4 division. 1. a. Any member of the United States army 10th mountain divi-
 5 sion residing in this state, shall, upon request, be issued a license
 6 plate bearing the 10th mountain division insignia and the words "Member
 7 of the United States Army 10th Mountain Division". Application for such
 8 license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and
 9 detail as the commissioner shall prescribe. No license plate shall be
 10 issued to an applicant without verification that such applicant is a
 11 member of the 10th mountain division of the United States army.
 12 b. Any person residing in this state, shall, upon request, be issued a
 13 license plate bearing the 10th mountain division insignia and the words
 14 "Supporter of the United States Army 10th Mountain Division". Applica-
 15 tion for such license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such
 16 form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
 17 c. Any veteran of the United States army 10th mountain division resid-
 18 ing in this state, shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bear-
 19 ing the 10th mountain division insignia and the words "Veteran of the
 20 United States Army 10th Mountain Division". Application for such license
 21 plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as
 22 the commissioner shall prescribe. No license plate shall be issued to
 23 an applicant without verification that such applicant owns a registered
 24 motor vehicle pursuant to section four hundred one of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03301-01-5

 S. 2019 2

 1 2. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 2 in the same manner as such other number plates upon the payment of the
 3 regular registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this
 4 article, provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of
 5 twenty dollars shall be charged for such plate. Such annual service
 6 charge shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section four
 7 hundred four-oo of this article to the credit of the department of motor
 8 vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section nine-
 9 ty-five-g of the state finance law and shall be used for the production,
 10 design, advertising and marketing of distinctive license plates pursuant
 11 to such section ninety-five-g provided, however, that annual service
 12 charges collected in excess of twenty-five hundred dollars shall be paid
 13 by the state comptroller to the northern New York community foundation
 14 for their scholarship program.
 15 § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
 16 the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
 17 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond
 18 in the amount of six thousand dollars, which shall be executed by a
 19 surety company authorized by the department of financial services 

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