2021 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 (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.
  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.
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