New York A 2455: Relates to the creation of the "No Hate NY" license plate and the "No Hate NY fund"

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A02455 Summary:

BILL NOA02455 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01934

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §404-ff, V & T L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Relates to the creation of the "No Hate NY" license plate and the "No Hate NY fund" to support hate crime awareness and prevention programs.

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BILL NOA02455 

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01/17/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2455

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
 the creation of a "No Hate NY" license plate; and to amend the state
 finance law, in relation to creating the "No Hate NY fund"

 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 "No Hate NY" license plates. 1. Any person
 4 residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive
 5 license plate bearing the phrase "No Hate NY". The design of such
 6 distinctive plate shall be developed by the commissioner in cooperation
 7 with the commissioner of the state division of human rights. Applica-
 8 tion for such license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such
 9 form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
 10 2. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 11 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
 12 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article;
 13 provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twenty-
 14 five dollars shall be charged for such plates.
 15 3. The entire amount of the twenty-five dollars received as the annual
 16 service charge under this section shall be deposited to the credit of
 17 the "No Hate NY fund" established pursuant to section ninety-nine-ss of
 18 the state finance law and shall be used for hate crime awareness and
 19 prevention programs.
 20 § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ss to
 21 read as follows:
 22 § 99-ss. No Hate NY fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint
 23 custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the comptroller
 24 a fund to be known as the "No Hate NY fund".

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03485-01-5

 A. 2455 2

 1 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to
 2 section four hundred four-ff of the vehicle and traffic law, and all
 3 other moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any
 4 other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section
 5 shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the
 6 purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into
 7 the fund according to law.
 8 3. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller
 9 shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speak-
 10 er of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair of
 11 the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited in
 12 the No Hate NY fund during the preceding calendar year as the result of
 13 revenue derived pursuant to section four hundred four-ff of the vehicle
 14 and traffic law and from grants, gifts and bequests.
 15 4. On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner
 16 of the state division of human rights shall provide a written report to
 17 the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of
 18 the senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means
 19 committee, chair of the senate committee on health, chair of the assem-
 20 bly health committee, the state comptroller and the public. Such report
 21 shall include how the m