N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 404-y*5

* § 404-y. Distinctive lupus awareness license plates. 1. Any person\nresiding in this state shall, upon request, be issued a distinctive\nlicense plate in support of lupus awareness and research bearing the\nphrase "Lupus Awareness". Application for said license plate shall be\nfiled with the commissioner in such form and detail as the commissioner\nshall prescribe.\n 2. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued\nin the same manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular\nregistration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article;\nprovided, however, that an additional annual service charge of\ntwenty-five dollars shall be charged for such plates.\n 3. Each twenty-five dollars received as the annual service charge\nunder this section shall be deposited to the credit of the "lupus\nresearch and education fund" established pursuant to section\nninety-seven-pppp of the state finance law and shall be used for\nresearch and education programs undertaken pursuant to section\nninety-seven-pppp of the state finance law.\n * NB There are 6 § 404-y's\n