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                                  2631

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
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Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, P. RIVERA, SEMINERIO, COLTON, ROBINSON --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  JOHN,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the issu-
  ance, form and expiration of licenses  and  identification  cards  for
  persons less than twenty-one years of age

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) EVERY LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED  TO  A  PERSON  LESS  THAN
TWENTY-ONE  YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE PORTRAIT OR VERTICAL IN FORM AND EVERY
LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO A PERSON TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR
OVER SHALL BE LANDSCAPE OR HORIZONTAL IN FORM. IN THE CASE OF A LICENSEE
WHO IS LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS  OF  AGE,  THE  LICENSE  ISSUED  SHALL
CONTAIN  THE  DATE ON WHICH THE LICENSEE WILL BECOME TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF
AGE.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 503 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  A  LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL EXPIRE ON THE LICENSEE'S
TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY UNLESS OTHERWISE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED.
  S 3. Subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D)  EVERY  IDENTIFICATION  CARD OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO A PERSON
LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE PORTRAIT OR VERTICAL IN  FORM
AND  EVERY  IDENTIFICATION  CARD  OR  RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO A PERSON
TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER SHALL  BE  LANDSCAPE  OR  HORIZONTAL  IN
FORM.  IN THE CASE OF A PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE,
THE IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED SHALL  CONTAIN  THE  DATE  ON  WHICH  THE
PERSON WILL BECOME TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S  4.  Subdivision 1 of section 491 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by chapter 580 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Period of validity. An identification card shall be valid from the
date of issuance until the date of expiration determined by the  commis-
sioner,  except  that  (a) any person sixty-two years of age or older or
(b) any recipient of supplemental security income  benefits  defined  in
section  two hundred eight of the social services law, shall be eligible
for a card which expires ten years after  the  date  of  issuance.  Such
dates  of  issuance  and expiration shall be noted on the identification
card. However, the prior identification card shall expire on the date of
issuance of a renewal of such prior identification card. The commission-
er may extend the period of validity of  an  identification  card  in  a
manner  and form prescribed by the commissioner.  AN IDENTIFICATION CARD
ISSUED TO A PERSON PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D)  OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  NINETY  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  SHALL  EXPIRE ON THE
PERSON'S TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY UNLESS OTHERWISE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED.
  S 5. The department  of  motor  vehicles  shall  make  all  reasonable
efforts to replace licenses and identification cards issued prior to the
effective  date of this act to persons less than twenty-one years of age
within eighteen months of the effective date of this act.
  S 6. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
effective date.