N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 404-d: Distinctive plates for members of the organized militia and reserve

§ 404-d. Distinctive plates for members of the organized militia and

reserve. 1. Any member of the organized militia of the state of New York

and any member of a reserve unit from this state of any branch of the

armed forces of the United States or the spouse of any such member

shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing a militiaman and

the appropriate organization -- army national guard, air national guard,

state guard or naval militia, army reserve, marine corps reserve, air

force reserve, navy reserve or coast guard reserve. If a distinctive

plate is issued to a member of the organized militia pursuant to this

section, such a distinctive plate shall not be issued to the spouse of

such member of the organized militia. 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 the organized militia or reserve.

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 article

provided, however, that an additional one-time service charge of ten

dollars shall be charged for such plate.