7/11/05-A bill that required convicted drunk drivers in the state to display special license plates that would identify them to police for random stops has died.
A8867 remained in the Assembly Transportation Committee when the session ended last month, effectively killing it for the year.
Sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-Bronx, it required drivers convicted of three drunken driving offenses in a five-year period – or four within 10 years – to purchase the special license plates. The plates would have included a number or letter code that police could use to easily identify them as convicted drunk drivers.
The plates, which would cost the vehicle owner $100, would have been required to be on the vehicle for two years.
Dinowitz can pick up the bill from where it left off when lawmakers return to the Capitol for the session that begins in January 2006.

6/20/05-A bill in the Assembly Transportation Committee would require convicted drunk drivers to display special license plates that would identify them to police for random stops.
A8867, sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-Bronx, would require drivers convicted of three drunken driving offenses in a five-year period – or four within 10 years – to purchase the special license plates. The plates would include a number or letter code that police could use to easily identify them as convicted drunk drivers.
The plates, which would cost the vehicle owner $100, would be required to be on the vehicle for two years.
For bill status, call (518) 455-7545. In New York, call 1-800-342-9860.
An identical Senate bill – S5646 – is in the Senate Rules Committee.