New York A 3157: Relates to payment by the state of certain costs associated with the psychiatric examination of defendants to determine mental fitness

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A03157 Summary:

BILL NOA03157 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00262

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRSantabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §404-ff, V & T L

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Relates to distinctive license plates for society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers.

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BILL NOA03157 

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01/23/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3157

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to distinctive
 license plates for society for the prevention of cruelty to animals
 officers

 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 society for the prevention of cruelty
 4 to animals officers. 1. Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals
 5 officers in this state or the spouse of any such member shall, upon
 6 request, be issued a license plate bearing the letters "S.P.C.A". If a
 7 distinctive plate is issued to any such member pursuant to this section,
 8 such a distinctive plate shall not be issued to the spouse of such
 9 member. Application for such license plate shall be filed with the
 10 commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall
 11 prescribe, and shall be verified annually by the applicant.
 12 2. The distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this section
 13 shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the
 14 applicant or the spouse of the applicant is presently a society for the
 15 prevention of cruelty to animals officers.
 16 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 17 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 18 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article
 19 and an initial one time service charge of fifteen dollars.
 20 § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
 21 the vehicle and traffic law shall only be designed, produced and issued
 22 upon the delivery to the department of motor vehicles of a surety bond
 23 in the amount of $6,000, which shall be executed by a surety company
 24 authorized by the department of financial services to transact business

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00291-01-5

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 1 in this state. Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor
 2 vehicles shall have received prior to plate design, production and issu-
 3 ance at least 200 orders for such distinctive plate together with the
 4 additional annual service charge applicable to each such order, which
 5 shall be non-refundable, no such surety bond shall be required. All
 6 service charges collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited
 7 pursuant to the provisions of section 404-oo of the vehicle and traffic
 8 law to the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate
 9 development fund established by section 95-g of the state finance law
 10 and shall be used for the design, production, advertising and distrib-
 11 ution of distinctive license plates in accordance with such section
 12 95-g.
 13 2. If, upon the expiration of two years following the date upon which
 14 distinctive plates in the series are first available for sale, 200 or
 15 more sets of such plates are sold, a bond delivered pursuant to this
 16 section shall be discontinued. If fewer than 200 sets of such plates are
 17 sold by such time, the department of motor vehicles shall be entitled to
 18 recover against the bond in an amount proportionate to such shortfall.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 20 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 21 ment and/or repea