Relates to establishing distinctive "Alzheimer's Awareness" license plates; provides that the funding for such be deposited in the "Alzheimer's disease assistance fund".
Summary
S05883 would create a new distinctive New York license plate bearing the theme “Alzheimer’s Awareness.” Any state resident could request the plate by paying the normal registration fee plus a $25 annual service charge. The bill directs the first $6,000 of those annual service charges to the Department of Motor Vehicles’ distinctive plate development fund to cover plate design, production, advertising, and marketing costs.
After that initial amount is reached, the bill sends excess annual service charge revenue to the Alzheimer’s disease assistance fund. It also amends the State Finance Law so that this fund may receive revenues generated under the new plate program, alongside existing funding sources. The bill includes a standard “minimum sales” mechanism: the plate would not be produced unless at least 200 orders are received, and if sales remain below that threshold after two years, the state may recover costs through a surety bond.
Impact
The bill would amend both the Vehicle and Traffic Law and the State Finance Law. It adds a new section authorizing the DMV to issue Alzheimer’s Awareness plates, establishes the fee structure for the plates, and creates a funding stream for the Alzheimer’s disease assistance fund from plate surcharges above the initial $6,000. It also sets administrative conditions for production, including a 200-order pre-sale requirement or a surety bond to protect the state from unrecovered design and production costs.
Sentiment
The available voting history suggests broad support and little opposition. The Senate Rules Committee approved the bill unanimously, 20-0, and the full Senate passed it 59-0. No committee transcript is available, but the unanimous votes indicate the measure was viewed favorably as a charitable and awareness-oriented license plate bill.
Contention
There is no recorded substantive opposition in the provided materials. The only potential policy issue evident from the text is the usual question in specialty plate bills of whether projected sales will be sufficient to justify production and whether the surcharge will meaningfully benefit the Alzheimer’s disease assistance fund after administrative costs. The bill addresses that concern through the 200-order threshold, the $6,000 development-fund cap, and the surety bond requirement.
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