New York A 4657: Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients

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A04657 Summary:

BILL NOA04657 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02035

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Relates to distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients; removes the word "congressional" from distinctive plates; provides for the reissuance of plates to persons assigned distinctive plates for medal of honor recipients.

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BILL NOA04657 

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02/04/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4657

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to distinctive
 plates for medal of honor recipients

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

 1 Section 1. Section 404-p of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 2 chapter 145 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 404-p. Distinctive plates for [congressional] medal of honor recipi-
 4 ents. 1. Any [congressional] medal of honor recipient residing in this
 5 state or the spouse of any such recipient shall, upon request, be issued
 6 a license plate bearing the words "[congressional] medal of honor". If
 7 a distinctive plate is issued to a [congressional] medal of honor recip-
 8 ient pursuant to this section, additional distinctive plates may be
 9 issued for every vehicle registered in the name of the [congressional]
 10 medal of honor recipient residing in this state or the spouse of such
 11 [congressional] medal of honor recipient. Application for said license
 12 plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as
 13 the commissioner shall prescribe.
 14 2. The distinctive plate authorized herein shall be issued upon proof,
 15 satisfactory to the commissioner, that the applicant or the spouse of
 16 the applicant is a [congressional] medal of honor recipient.
 17 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 18 in the same manner as other number plates, provided, however, that no
 19 registration fee or service charge shall be charged for such plate.
 20 § 2. Distinctive plates issued pursuant to section 404-p of the vehi-
 21 cle and traffic law prior to the amendment of such section made by
 22 section one of this act shall be reissued to any person assigned such
 23 plate upon such person's request. No fee or service charge shall be
 24 charged for the reissuance of such plate. Provided, however, that
 25 notwithstanding the provisions of section one of this act, nothing

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05594-01-5

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 1 contained in this act shall be deemed to invalidate "Congressional Medal
 2 of Honor" distinctive license plates issued prior to the effective date
 3 of this act.
 4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 5 it shall have become a law.

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