N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 404-dd*2: Mental illness anti-stigma license plates

* § 404-dd. Mental illness anti-stigma license plates. 1. Any person

residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive

license plate of a design developed and approved by the commissioner in

consultation with the commissioner of the office of mental health in

support of ending the stigma related to mental illness research bearing

the phrase "Healthy mind, healthy New York". Application for said

license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and

detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.

2. 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 annual service charge of

twenty-five dollars shall be charged for such plates.

3. Each twenty-five dollars received as the annual service charge

under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the "mental

illness anti-stigma fund" established pursuant to section ninety-five-h

of the state finance law and shall be used for the purpose of providing

grants to organizations dedicated to eliminating the stigma attached to

mental illness and persons with mental health needs pursuant to section

7.47 of the mental hygiene law.

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