404-T*3 - Distinctive "peace at home" license plates.

* §  404-t.  Distinctive "peace at home" license plates. 1. Any person  residing in this state shall, upon  request,  be  issued  a  distinctive  "peace  at  home" license plate of a design approved by the commissioner  in support of domestic violence awareness  and  prevention.  Application  for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form  and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.    2. A distinctive "peace at home" license plate issued pursuant to this  section  shall  be issued in the same manner as other number plates upon  the payment of the regular registration fee 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 domestic violence  awareness fund established pursuant to section ninety-seven-yyy  of  the  state  finance  law  and  shall  be  used for educational and prevention  programs undertaken pursuant to article twenty-one of the executive law.  Provided, however that one year after the effective date of this section  funds in the amount of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof  as  may  be  available,  shall  be  allocated  to  the department to offset costs  associated with the production of such license plates.    * NB There are 3 § 404-t's