N.Y. VAT Law § 404-J

§ 404-j. Registration and issuance of special number plates for\nveterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack. 1. Registration of\nvehicles owned by veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack. The\ncommissioner shall assign to motor vehicles, owned by persons who while\non military duty serving in the armed forces of the United States\nsurvived the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan on December seventh, nineteen\nhundred forty-one or the spouse of such a person, a distinctive number\nand issue and deliver in such manner as the commissioner may select to\nthe owner a certification of registration, in such form as the\ncommissioner shall prescribe and two number plates, called Pearl Harbor\nattack veterans plates. Said plates shall conform to the requirements of\nsection four hundred one of this chapter, but shall bear the distinctive\nwords PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR to distinguish them from number plates to be\nissued to other persons, qualifying under this chapter. The\ncommissioner, in his discretion, may issue, for any registration year,\nonly one plate as a set for a motor vehicle, in which event a set of\nplates for a motor vehicle shall consist of one plate. If a distinctive\nplate set is issued to a Pearl Harbor attack veteran pursuant to this\nsection, such a distinctive plate set shall not be issued to the spouse\nof such veteran.\n 2. Issue of plates. The commissioner shall issue sets of plates to\nsuch person in accordance with subdivision one of this section with\nproof by such person or the spouse of such person that such person\nsurvived the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan on December seventh, nineteen\nhundred forty-one in a manner satisfactory to the commissioner who is\nempowered to carry out the effects of this section by formulating rules\nand regulations. Such plates shall not be considered as "vanity plates".\nThe plates authorized to be issued hereunder are special and are to be\nissued in recognition of valiant service rendered by the veteran to the\nUnited States.\n 3. Application for registration. (a) The application for registration\nunder this section shall be filed with the commissioner of motor\nvehicles in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe,\nsetting forth such information as the commissioner may reasonably\nprescribe beyond such information required under section four hundred\none of this chapter.\n (b) Application under this section shall only apply to a vehicle\nsubject to registration pursuant to subdivision six of section four\nhundred one of this chapter and as provided in subdivision one of this\nsection.\n 4. Fee. A special plate and registration issued pursuant to this\nsection shall be issued upon payment of the regular registration fee\nprescribed by section four hundred one of this article provided,\nhowever, that an additional one-time service charge of ten dollars shall\nbe charged for such plate.\n