N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 404-u*4: Distinctive "Erie canal" license plates

* § 404-u. Distinctive "Erie canal" license plates. 1. Any person

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

"Erie canal" license plate of a design approved by the commissioner.

Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner

in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.

2. A distinctive "Erie canal" license 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 and an additional annual service charge of

twenty-five dollars. Twenty dollars from each twenty-five dollars

received as annual service charges under this section shall be deposited

to the credit of the Erie canal museum fund, established as a revolving

fund pursuant to section ninety-seven-cccc of the state finance law.

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

section, funds in the amount of five 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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