* § 404-w. Distinctive plates for Persian Gulf veterans. 1. Any
Persian Gulf veteran or the spouse of any such veteran shall, upon
request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "Persian Gulf
Veteran". If a distinctive plate is issued to a veteran pursuant to this
section, such a distinctive plate shall not be issued to the spouse of
such veteran. Application for said license plate shall be filed with
the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall
prescribe.
2. The distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this section
shall be issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the
applicant or the spouse of the applicant is a Persian Gulf veteran.
3. For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf veteran" shall mean
a person who is a resident of this state, who served in the armed forces
of the United States in the hostilities that occurred in the Persian
Gulf from the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety to the end
of such hostilities, and was (a) honorably discharged from the military,
or (b) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the
veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad
conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT
veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and
has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
such service.
4. 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 one time service charge of ten
dollars shall be charged for such plate.
5. Nothing contained herein shall require the issuance of a special
number plate under this section unless the commissioner is satisfied
that the aggregate amount of annual service charges collected pursuant
to subdivision four of this section will be sufficient to recover the
costs of the design and manufacture of such special plates.
* NB There are 2 § 404-w's
Structure New York Laws
Title 4 - Registration of Vehicles
Article 14 - Registration of Motor Vehicles
401 - Registration of Motor Vehicles; Fees; Renewals.
401-B - Registration of Tow Trucks.
402 - Distinctive Number; Form of Number Plates; Trailers.
402-A - Facsimile License Plates.
403 - Number Plates Continued.
403-A - Temporary Indicia of Registration.
403-B - Sales of Certain Number or Distinctive License Plates by Certain Dealers.
404 - Issuance of Special Number Plates.
404-A - Registration of Motor Vehicles of Severely Disabled Persons.
404-B - Distinctive Plates for Volunteer Firefighters.
404-C - Distinctive Plates for Former Prisoners of War.
404-D - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Organized Militia and Reserve.
404-E - Distinctive Plates for Purple Heart Recipients.
404-F - Distinctive Plates for Members of Volunteer Ambulance Services.
404-G - Distinctive Plates Bearing the Words "Birthplace of Baseball".
404-H - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Jewish War Veterans of America.
404-I - Distinctive Plates for Gold Star Mothers.
404-K - Distinctive Plates for Marine Corps League Members.
404-L - Distinctive Regional Design Plates.
404-M - Distinctive License Plates Commemorating the World University Games.
404-N - Issuance of Distinctive Conservation Plates.
404-O - Distinctive "Olympic Spirit" License Plates.
404-OO - Deposit of Service Charges for Distinctive License Plates.
404-P - Distinctive "Animal Population Control Fund" License Plates.
404-P*2 - Distinctive Plates for Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients.
404-Q - Distinctive "Drive for the Cure" License Plates.
404-Q*2 - Distinctive Plates for the Council on the Arts.
404-R - Distinctive "Foreign Organization" License Plates.
404-S - Issuance of Distinctive "I Love New York" Plates.
404-S*2 - Issuance of Distinctive Plates for Agriculture.
404-S*3 - Distinctive "Drive Out Diabetes" License Plates.
404-S*4 - Distinctive Plates for the Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard Association.
404-T - Distinctive Marine and Coastal District of New York License Plates.
404-T*2 - Distinctive Conserve Habitat License Plates.
404-T*3 - Distinctive "Peace at Home" License Plates.
404-U - Distinctive "Keep Kids Drug Free" License Plates.
404-U*2 - Distinctive "National Multiple Sclerosis Society" License Plates.
404-U*3 - Distinctive Gift of Life License Plates.
404-U*4 - Distinctive "Erie Canal" License Plates.
404-V - Distinctive Plates for Water Rescue Team Members.
404-V*2 - Distinctive Plates for the United States Naval Armed Guard.
404-V*3 - Distinctive Plates for the Arts and Cultural Institutions and Museums.
404-V*4 - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Eighth Air Force Historical Society.
404-V*5 - Issuance of Distinctive "Discover Queens" License Plates.
404-V*6 - Distinctive Autism Awareness License Plates.
404-V*7 - Distinctive "Love Your Library" Plates.
404-W - Distinctive Plates for War on Terror Veterans.
404-W*2 - Distinctive Plates for Persian Gulf Veterans.
404-X - Distinctive "Ducks Unlimited" License Plates.
404-Y - Distinctive Plates for Veterans of the Iraq War and Veterans of the Afghanistan War.
404-Y*2 - Distinctive "Appalachian Trail" License Plates.
404-Y*3 - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Kiwanis International.
404-Y*4 - Distinctive Plates for Conspicuous Service Cross Recipients.
404-Y*5 - Distinctive Lupus Awareness License Plates.
404-Y*6 - Distinctive Sickle Cell Disease Awareness License Plates.
404-Z - Distinctive "Elks Association" License Plates.
404-AA - Distinctive Plates for Members of the Catholic War Veterans of America.
404-BB - Distinctive Cystic Fibrosis Foundation License Plates.
404-CC - Distinctive "Cure Chilhood Cancer" Plates.
404-DD - Distinctive Plates for Members of Amvets.
404-DD*2 - Mental Illness Anti-Stigma License Plates.
404-EE - Distinctive "West Indian American Day Carnival" License Plates.
404-EE*2 - Distinctive Down's Syndrome Awareness License Plates.
404-EE*3 - Distinctive "September Eleventh, Two Thousand One Remembrance" License Plates.
404-EE*4 - Distinctive "Jamaican Bobsled Team" Number Plates.