2019 New York Laws
VAT - Vehicle and Traffic
Title 4 - Registration of Vehicles
Article 14 - Registration of Motor Vehicles
404-W - Distinctive Plates for War on Terror Veterans.

* §  404-w.  Distinctive  plates for war on terror veterans. ** 1. Any
war on terror veteran residing in this state  shall,  upon  request,  be
issued  a  license  plate  bearing  the  words  "War on Terror veteran".
Application for said license plate shall be filed with the  commissioner
in  such  form  and  detail  as  the  commissioner  shall prescribe. For
purposes of this section, a "war on terror" veteran shall mean:
  (a) a person who served in the armed forces of the  United  States  in
the  hostilities that occurred in the Persian Gulf from the eleventh day
of September, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, who  was
discharged therefrom under other than dishonorable conditions; or
  (b)  a  person  who served in the armed forces of the United States in
the hostilities that occurred in Afghanistan from the  eleventh  day  of
September,  two  thousand  one,  to the end of such hostilities, who was
discharged therefrom under other than dishonorable conditions.
  ** NB Effective until November 12, 2020
  ** 1. Any war on terror veteran residing in  this  state  shall,  upon
request,  be  issued  a  license  plate bearing the words "War on Terror
veteran". Application for said license plate shall  be  filed  with  the
commissioner   in  such  form  and  detail  as  the  commissioner  shall
prescribe. For purposes of this section, a "war on terror" veteran shall
mean:
  (a) a person who served in the armed forces of the  United  States  in
the  hostilities that occurred in the Persian Gulf from the eleventh day
of September, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, who  (i)
was  discharged  therefrom  under other than dishonorable conditions, or
(ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined  in  section  three  hundred
fifty  of the executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad
conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT
veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
such service; or
  (b) a person who served in the armed forces of the  United  States  in
the  hostilities  that  occurred in Afghanistan from the eleventh day of
September, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, who (i) was
discharged therefrom under other than dishonorable conditions,  or  (ii)
has a qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of
the  executive  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
or dishonorable from  such  service,  or  (iii)  is  a  discharged  LGBT
veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
such service.
  ** NB Effective November 12, 2020
  2.  The  distinctive  plate authorized by this section shall be issued
upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the  applicant  is  a
war on terror veteran.
  3. 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  of  this  article,
provided,  however,  that  an  additional one-time service charge of ten
dollars shall be charged for such plate.
  * NB There are 2 § 404-w's