File #: Res 0357-2004    Version: * Name: Placement of automobile license plates within metal or plastic frames.
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Transportation
On agenda: 5/19/2004
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution calling upon the New York State legislature to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law, in relation to the placement of automobile license plates within metal or plastic frames.
Sponsors: Vincent J. Gentile, Tony Avella, Sara M. Gonzalez, Michael C. Nelson, Dennis P. Gallagher
Council Member Sponsors: 5
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2005*Vincent J. Gentile City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/30/2004*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Transportation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/30/2004*Vincent J. Gentile Committee on Transportation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/19/2004*Vincent J. Gentile City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/19/2004*Vincent J. Gentile City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Res. No. 357

 

Resolution calling upon the New York State legislature to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law, in relation to the placement of automobile license plates within metal or plastic frames.

 

By Council Members Gentile, Avella, Gonzalez, Nelson and Gallagher

 

Whereas, Section 402 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law currently prohibits the use of metal or plastic coverings on license plates; and

Whereas, An individual receiving a summons from the New York Police Department for violating this law is subject to a sixty-five dollar fine; and

Whereas, A metal or plastic frame around a New York State automobile license plate that does not render the numbers or letters on said plate unreadable does not interfere with the ability of law enforcement personnel to perform their duties or in any way hinder the identification of the vehicle; and

Whereas, The Vehicle and Traffic Law should be amended to permit an automobile license plate to be placed within a metal or plastic frame, so long as such frame does not obscure the numbers or letters of the license plate or render the information unreadable and any one of the two state logos remains in full view; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York calls upon the New York State legislature to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law in relation to the placement of automobile license plates within metal or plastic frames.