* § 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.

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