N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 404-b: Distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters

§ 404-b. Distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters. 1. Any member

of any volunteer fire department or company in this state or the spouse

of any such member shall, upon request, be issued a license plate

bearing a Maltese cross and the letters "V.F.". If a distinctive plate

is issued to any such member pursuant to this section, such a

distinctive plate shall not be issued to the spouse of such member.

Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner

in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe, and shall

be verified annually by the applicant.

2. The distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this section

shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the

applicant or the spouse of the applicant is presently an active member

of a volunteer fire department or company.

3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued

in the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular

registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this chapter

and an initial one time service charge of fifteen dollars.