2006 New York Code - Distinctive Regional Design Plates.

 
    § 404-l. Distinctive  regional  design  plates. 1. On or after October
  first, nineteen hundred ninety-two, any person residing  in  this  state
  shall,  upon  request,  be  issued  a  license  plate with a distinctive
  regional design approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may  also
  issue  such  distinctive  plates  with  special  numerals and/or letters
  requested by the applicant. 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, and provided that
  a further additional annual service charge of twenty-five dollars  shall
  be  charged  for  any such plate containing specially requested numerals
  and/or letters. Provided, however, in lieu of the annual  fee  specified
  herein, the commissioner may establish specific categories of plates for
  which  an  annual  fee  of  not  less than fifteen dollars nor more than
  twenty-five dollars may be  charged  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
  director of the division of the budget.