New York A 4645: Provides that family members of volunteer or paid professional firefighters who died in the line of duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate

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A04645 Summary:

BILL NOA04645 

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Provides that family members of volunteer or paid professional firefighters who died in the line of duty may obtain a "Survivor of the Bravest" license plate; provides for the annual service charge collected to be deposited into the department of motor vehicles distinctive license plate development fund.

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BILL NOA04645 

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02/04/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4645

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
 the issuance of distinctive license plates for family members of
 volunteer or paid professional firefighters who died in the line of
 duty

 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 license plates for family members of volunteer
 4 or paid professional firefighters who died in the line of duty. 1. For
 5 purposes of this section, "family members of a volunteer or paid profes-
 6 sional firefighter who died in the line of duty" shall mean a spouse,
 7 registered domestic partner, parent, sibling or child of a volunteer or
 8 paid professional firefighter who died in the course of their employment
 9 or performance of duties as a firefighter.
 10 2. Any family member of a volunteer or paid professional firefighter
 11 who died in the line of duty and who resides in this state shall, upon
 12 request, be issued a distinctive license plate bearing the words "Survi-
 13 vor of the Bravest" of a design approved by the commissioner. Applica-
 14 tion for such license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such
 15 form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe and shall be veri-
 16 fied annually by the applicant.
 17 3. A distinctive plate authorized pursuant to subdivision two of this
 18 section shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner,
 19 that the applicant is a family member of a volunteer or paid profes-
 20 sional firefighter who died in the line of duty.
 21 4. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 22 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 23 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03548-02-5

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 1 provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty-
 2 five dollars shall be charged for such plate. Such annual service
 3 charge shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section four
 4 hundred four-oo of this article to the credit of the department of motor
 5 vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section nine-
 6 ty-five-g of the state finance law and shall be used for the production,
 7 design, advertising and marketing of distinctive license plates pursuant
 8 to such section ninety-five-g.
 9 § 2. 1. A distinctive plate established pursuant to section 404-ff of
 10 the vehicle and traffic law as added by section one of this act shall
 11 only be designed, produced and issued upon the delivery to the depart-
 12 ment of motor vehicles of a surety bond in the amount of six thousand
 13 dollars, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized by the
 14 department of financial services to transact business in this state.
 15 Provided, however, that if the commissioner of motor vehicles shall have
 16 received prior to plate design, production and issuance at least two
 17 hundred orders for such distinctive plate together with the additional
 18 annual service charge applicable to each such order, which sh