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N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 404-q: Distinctive "drive for the cure" license plates

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  1. Vehicle & Traffic Law
  2. Title 4. Registration of Vehicles
  3. Article 14. Registration of Motor Vehicles

* § 404-q. Distinctive "drive for the cure" license plates. 1. Any

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

distinctive "drive for the cure" license plate in support of breast,

prostate and testicular cancer research bearing the phrase "drive for

the cure". Application for said license plate shall be filed with the

commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall

prescribe.

2. A distinctive "drive for the cure" license plate issued pursuant to

this section shall be issued in the same manner as other number plates

upon the 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

plate. Twelve dollars and fifty cents from each twenty-five dollars

received as annual service charges under this section shall be deposited

to the credit of the breast cancer research and education fund

established pursuant to section ninety-seven-yy of the state finance law

and shall be used for research and education programs undertaken

pursuant to section twenty-four hundred ten of the public health law.

Twelve dollars and fifty cents from each twenty-five dollars received as

annual service charges under this section shall be deposited to the

credit of the New York State prostate and testicular cancer research and

education fund established pursuant to section ninety-five-e of the

state finance law and shall be used for research and education programs

undertaken pursuant to section ninety-five-e of the state finance law.

Provided, however that one year after the effective date of this section

funds in the amount of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may

be available, shall be allocated to the department to offset costs

associated with the production of such license plates.

* NB There are 2 § 404-q's

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