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Assembly Bill A895

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires a person seventy years of age or older to apply for a license with a period of validity of one year

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2009-A895 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง503, V & T L

2009-A895 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a person seventy years of age or older to apply for a license with a period of validity of one year and the fee for such license shall be based on such one year duration.

2009-A895 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   895

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to duration  of
  renewal of license in certain cases

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) WHENEVER THE COMMISSIONER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PERIOD OF VALID-
ITY FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL BE MORE THAN TWO YEARS, A PERSON SEVEN-
TY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE WITH A
PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF ONE YEAR AND THE FEE FOR  SUCH  LICENSE  SHALL  BE
BASED ON SUCH ONE YEAR DURATION.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01378-01-9

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