New York S 4743: Relates to a distinctive plate for active duty military service members

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S04743 Summary:

BILL NOS04743 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03866

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §404-ff, V & T L

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Permits a distinctive plate for active duty military service members.

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BILL NOS04743 

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4743

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 a
 distinctive plate for active duty military service members

 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 active duty military service members.
 4 1. Any active duty military service member serving in the armed forces
 5 of the United States shall, upon request, be issued a license plate
 6 bearing the words "U.S. Military". Application for said license plate
 7 shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the
 8 commissioner shall prescribe.
 9 2. The distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this section
 10 shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the
 11 applicant is an active duty military service member. The branch of mili-
 12 tary service shall also be indicated on the license plate either in
 13 words or by the insignia of the branch served in.
 14 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 15 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 16 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article
 17 provided, however, that an additional one time service charge of ten
 18 dollars shall be charged for such plate.
 19 4. Nothing contained herein shall require the issuance of a special
 20 number plate under this section unless the commissioner is satisfied
 21 that the aggregate amount of annual service charges collected pursuant
 22 to subdivision three of this section will be sufficient to recover the
 23 costs of the design and manufacture of such special plates.
 24 § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
 25 the vehicle and traffic law, as added by section one of this act, shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07812-01-5

 S. 4743 2

 1 only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the depart-
 2 ment of motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of six thousand
 3 dollars, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized by the
 4 department of financial services to transact business in this state.
 5 Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have
 6 received prior to plate design, production and issuance at least two
 7 hundred orders for such distinctive plate together with the additional
 8 annual service charge applicable to each such order, which shall be
 9 non-refundable, no such surety bond shall be required. All service
 10 charges collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited pursuant
 11 to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic law to
 12 the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate devel-
 13 opment fund established by section 95-g of the state finance law and
 14 shall be used for the design, production, advertising and distribution
 15 of distinctive license plates in accordance with such section 95-g.
 16 2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
 17 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale two
 18 hundred or more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant
 19 to this section shall be discontinued. If fewer than two hundred sets of
 20 such plates are sold by such time, the dep