2015 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle & Traffic
Title 4 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Article 14 - (401 - 404-W*2) REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
404-V*5 - Issuance of distinctive "Discover Queens" license plates.

*   404-v.  Issuance of distinctive "Discover Queens" license plates.
  1.  Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be  issued  a
  distinctive   "Discover  Queens"  license  plate.  The  design  of  such
  distinctive plate shall be developed by the commissioner in  cooperation
  with  the Queens Tourism Council, a not-for-profit corporation organized
  and operated under the laws of this state, and  recognized  pursuant  to
  section  one  hundred  sixty-three  of the economic development law, and
  shall utilize the trademarked "Discover Queens" logo,  as  well  as  any
  other language or information appropriate to the promotion of tourism in
  the Borough of Queens.
2.  A  distinctive  "Discover  Queens"  plate  issued pursuant to this
  section shall be issued in the same manner as other number  plates  upon
  the  payment of the regular registration fees 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. Each twenty-five dollars received as annual service charges under
  this section shall be deposited to the credit  of  the  New  York  state
  "Discover  Queens  fund" established pursuant to section ninety-seven-aa
  of the state finance  law  and  shall  be  used  for  tourism  promotion
  projects  pursuant  to such section ninety-seven-aa within the county of
  Queens.
3. 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.
* NB There are 7  404-v's