New York S 7276: Provides for distinctive plates for gold star families

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S07276 Summary:

BILL NOS07276 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §404-i, V & T L

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Provides for distinctive plates for gold star families, including gold star parents, as defined in 10 USC 1126, or children of a gold star parent, and their spouses.

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BILL NOS07276 

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04/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7276

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 providing
 for distinctive plates for gold star families

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 404-i of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by
 2 chapter 277 of the laws of 1991 and renumbered by chapter 108 of the
 3 laws of 1994, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 732 of the laws of
 4 2004 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 486 of the laws of 1996, is
 5 amended to read as follows:
 6 § 404-i. Distinctive plates for gold star [mothers] families. 1. Any
 7 gold star [mother or the spouse of a gold star mother] parent, as
 8 defined in 10 USC 1126, or a child of a gold star parent residing in
 9 this state shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the
 10 words "gold star [mother] family member". If a distinctive plate is
 11 issued to a gold star [mother] family member pursuant to this section,
 12 additional distinctive plates may be issued for every vehicle registered
 13 in the name of the gold star [mother] family member recipient residing
 14 in this state or the spouse of such gold star [mother] family member.
 15 Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner
 16 in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
 17 2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
 18 satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or the spouse of
 19 the applicant is a gold star [mother] family member.
 20 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 21 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 22 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
 23 provided, however, that no service charge shall be charged for such
 24 plate.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11317-01-5

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 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 2 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 3 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 4 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 5 on or before such date.

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