* § 404-cc. Distinctive "Cure Childhood Cancer" plates. 1. Any person residing in this state shall upon request be issued a distinctive plate in support of childhood cancer research bearing the words "Cure Childhood Cancer". Application for such plates shall be filed with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
- 2. Any distinctive 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. Such service charge shall be deposited pursuant to the provisions of section four hundred four-oo of this article to the credit of the department of motor vehicles distinctive plate development fund established by section ninety-five-g of the state finance law and shall be used for the design, production, advertising and distribution of distinctive license plates in accordance with such section ninety-five-g. Provided, however, that annual surcharges collected in excess of six thousand dollars shall be deposited to the credit of the "cure childhood cancer research fund" established pursuant to section ninety-nine-z of the state finance law and shall be used for research programs undertaken pursuant to section ninety-nine-z of the state finance law. * NB Effective May 27, 2017