* § 404-y. Distinctive plates for conspicuous service cross recipients. 1. Any conspicuous service cross recipient residing in this state or the spouse of any such recipient shall, upon request, be issued a license plate bearing the words "conspicuous service cross recipient". If a distinctive plate is issued to a conspicuous service cross recipient pursuant to this section, such a distinctive plate shall not be issued to the spouse of such conspicuous service cross recipient. 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 conspicuous service cross recipient.

3. 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.

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