Senate Bill S1830

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing forms of licenses to include blood types

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1830 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9958
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §504, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S539, A4923

2009-S1830 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing forms of licenses to include the blood type of the licensee at the option of such person; authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.

2009-S1830 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1830 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1830

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN,  BRESLIN,  ONORATO, SAMPSON, SMITH -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
  forms of licenses to include blood types

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 568  and  639  of
the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Every  license  or renewal thereof shall contain a distinguishing
mark and adequate space upon  which  an  anatomical  gift,  pursuant  to
section  forty-three hundred ten of the public health law, by the licen-
see shall be recorded and shall contain such other information and shall
be issued in such form as the commissioner  shall  determine;  PROVIDED,
HOWEVER  THAT  EVERY  LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF SHALL CONTAIN A DISTIN-
GUISHING NUMBER OR MARK AND ADEQUATE SPACE  UPON  WHICH  THE  LICENSEE'S
BLOOD  TYPE  MAY  BE  RECORDED  AT THE OPTION OF THE LICENSEE, AND SHALL
CONTAIN SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AND SHALL BE ISSUED IN SUCH FORM  AS  THE
COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL
DETERMINE; provided, however, every license or renewal thereof issued to
a person under the  age  of  twenty-one  years  shall  have  prominently
imprinted  upon  it  the  statement  "UNDER  21 YEARS OF AGE" in notably
distinctive print or format; provided further, however, every license or
renewal thereof issued to a person making an anatomical gift shall  have
prominently  printed  upon  the front of such license or renewal thereof
the statement "ORGAN DONOR" in notably distinctive print or format.  The
commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such licenses or
renewals  thereof to persons under twenty-one years of age or to persons
making an anatomical gift which are different from the fees required for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02653-01-9

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