Section 404-B. Distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters

1. Any member
  of any volunteer fire department or company in this state or the  spouse
  of  any  such  member  shall,  upon  request,  be issued a license plate
  bearing a Maltese cross and the letters "V.F.". If a  distinctive  plate
  is  issued  to  any  such  member  pursuant  to  this  section,  such  a
  distinctive plate shall not be issued to  the  spouse  of  such  member.
  Application  for said license plate shall be filed with the commissioner
  in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe,  and  shall
  be verified annually by the applicant.
    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 presently an  active  member
  of a volunteer fire department or company.
    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  chapter
  and an initial one time service charge of fifteen dollars.