404-T*2 - Distinctive conserve habitat license plates.

* §  404-t. Distinctive conserve habitat license plates. 1. Any person  residing in this state shall, upon  request,  be  issued  a  distinctive  "Conserve   Habitat"   license   plate  of  a  design  approved  by  the  commissioner, after consultation with the commissioner of  environmental  conservation. Application for said license plate shall be filed with the  commissioner   in  such  form  and  detail  as  the  commissioner  shall  prescribe.    2. A distinctive  conserve  habitat  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.  Such service charge under this section shall be deposited to the  credit  of  the  conservation  fund  established  pursuant  to   section  eighty-three  of the state finance law; provided, however, that one year  after the effective date of this section, funds up to a maximum  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 plate.    * NB There are 3 § 404-t's