Section 404-DD - [Multiple versions] Mental illness anti-stigma license plates1. Any person residing in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive license plate of a design developed and approved by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioner of the office of mental health in support of ending the stigma related to mental illness research bearing the phrase "Healthy mind, healthy New York". Application for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.2. 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 one of this article; provided, however, that an additional annual service charge of twentyfive dollars shall be charged for such plates.3. Each twenty-five dollars received as the annual service charge under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the "mental illness anti-stigma fund" established pursuant to section ninety-five-h of the state finance law and shall be used for the purpose of providing grants to organizations dedicated to eliminating the stigma attached to mental illness and persons with mental health needs pursuant to section 7.47 of the mental hygiene law.N.Y. Veh. and Traf. Law § 404-DD
Added by New York Laws 2017, ch. 228,Sec. 1, eff. 2/17/2018.