2010 New York Code
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 4 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Article 14 - (401 - 404-W*2) REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
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.
    * NB There are 3 § 404-t's