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Senate Bill S894

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the establishment of an organ donor information education component as a prerequisite for obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle

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2009-S894 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2560

2009-S894 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the establishment of an organ donor information education component as a prerequisite for obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle; provides that the commissioner of motor vehicles shall establish the curriculum for such organ donor information education component; includes, but not limited to, the importance of anatomical gifts and the proper manner of executing the organ donor information on the reverse side of the driver's license.

2009-S894 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S894 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   894

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 establishing
  an organ donor information education component

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of  2002,  is
amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
  (d) The commissioner shall make available for distribution upon regis-
tration  at  each location where the pre-licensing course will be given,
instructional handbooks outlining the content of the  entire  curriculum
of  the  pre-licensing  course  including the information required to be
included in the course pursuant to paragraphs (c),  (c-1)  [and],  (c-2)
AND (H) of this subdivision. The commissioner shall also provide for the
additional  training  of  the  instructors  necessary  for the competent
instruction of the alcohol and drug education and "Road Rage"  awareness
and  "Work  Zone  Safety" awareness subject matters of the pre-licensing
course.
  (H) ORGAN DONOR  INFORMATION  EDUCATION  COMPONENT.  THE  COMMISSIONER
SHALL PROVIDE IN THE PRE-LICENSING COURSE, SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF
THIS  SUBDIVISION  A MANDATORY COMPONENT INFORMING PROSPECTIVE LICENSEES
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BECOMING AN ORGAN DONOR AND THE ORGAN DONOR  INFOR-
MATION  PRINTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE AS A PREREQ-
UISITE FOR OBTAINING A LICENSE TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE.  THE  COMMIS-
SIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  CURRICULUM  FOR THE ORGAN DONOR INFORMATION
EDUCATION COMPONENT WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF ANATOMICAL GIFTS; AND THE PROPER MANNER OF EXECUTING THE  ORGAN
DONOR INFORMATION ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
  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; provided, however, any
rules or regulations necessary for the 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

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