New York S 9666: Waives the registration fee and service charge for distinctive plates for certain volunteer firefighters and certain members of volunteer ambulance services

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S09666 Summary:

BILL NOS09666 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05673

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§404-b & 404-f, V & T L

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Waives the registration fee and service charge for distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services where the applicant has attended twenty-five percent or more of the emergency calls for the previous year.

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BILL NOS09666 

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04/01/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9666

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, BORRELLO -- 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 waiving the
 registration fee and service charge for distinctive plates for certain
 volunteer firefighters and certain members of volunteer ambulance
 services

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 404-b of the vehicle and traffic
 2 law, as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 5 in the same manner as other number plates [upon payment of the regular].
 6 The registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this
 7 [chapter] article and [an] the initial one time service charge of
 8 fifteen dollars shall be waived for one set of plates for each such
 9 applicant upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli-
 10 cant has attended twenty-five percent or more of the emergency calls for
 11 the previous year.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 404-f of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 13 amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as
 14 follows:
 15 3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 16 in the same manner as other number plates [upon payment of the regular].
 17 The registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this
 18 [chapter] article and [an] the additional annual service charge of
 19 fifteen dollars shall be waived for one set of plates for each such
 20 applicant upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the appli-
 21 cant has attended twenty-five percent or more of the emergency calls for
 22 the previous year.
 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08017-01-5

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