N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 404-t: Distinctive marine and coastal district of New York license plates

* § 404-t. Distinctive marine and coastal district of New York license

plates. 1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be

issued a distinctive marine and coastal district of New York license

plate in support of conservation, education, and research projects

relating to such district, as described in section 13-0103 of the

environmental conservation law. The design of such distinctive plate

shall be developed by the commissioner in consultation with the

commissioner of the department of environmental conservation and the

commissioner of the department of economic development. 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 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. All monies received

for the annual service charge pursuant to this section shall be

deposited to the credit of the marine and coastal district of New York

conservation, education, and research fund established pursuant to

section ninety-five-c of the state finance law and shall be used for

conservation, education, and research projects approved by the marine

and coastal district of New York conservation, education, and research

board established pursuant to section 13-0503 of the environmental

conservation 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 from such fund to

the department to offset costs associated with the production of such

license plates.

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