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Assembly Bill A2774

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires minors to be enrolled in school or graduation equivalent diploma program in order to receive their driver's licenses or learner's permits

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2009-A2774 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง507, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6522

2009-A2774 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires minors to be enrolled in school or a graduation equivalent diploma program in order to receive their driver's licenses or learner's permits and requires the commissioners of the department of motor vehicles and the education department to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out such provisions.

2009-A2774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2774

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. KOLB, ERRIGO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BURLING, OAKS, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
  Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
  minors be enrolled in high school or a graduation  equivalent  diploma
  program in order to be issued and retain a driver's license or permit

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

  Section 1. Section 507 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3.  MINOR'S  EDUCATIONAL  REQUIREMENTS. NO LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT
MAY BE ISSUED TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN UNLESS  SUCH  PERSON
IS ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL OR A GRADUATION EQUIVALENT DIPLOMA PROGRAM OR
IS  A  HIGH  SCHOOL GRADUATE OR HAS RECEIVED THEIR GRADUATION EQUIVALENT
DIPLOMA AND PRESENTS PROOF OF SUCH. ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
WHO HAS BEEN ISSUED A LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT AND SUBSEQUENTLY CEAS-
ES TO ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL OR  A  GRADUATION  EQUIVALENT  DIPLOMA  PROGRAM
WITHOUT  GRADUATING  OR  RECEIVING A GRADUATION EQUIVALENT DIPLOMA SHALL
HAVE THEIR LICENSE OR PERMIT REVOKED. THE COMMISSIONER AND  THE  COMMIS-
SIONER  OF EDUCATION SHALL PROMULGATE THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
SARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; except that any
rules  and  regulations  necessary for the timely implementation of this
act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03828-01-9

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