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Assembly Bill A329

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Excludes a social security number or social security card from documentation required to be provided to renew an existing driver's license

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2009-A329 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2179
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S99
2013-2014: S790
2015-2016: S827
2017-2018: S4962

2009-A329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes a social security number or card from documentation required to renew an existing driver's license.

2009-A329 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   329

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PERALTA, PEOPLES, THIELE, WALKER -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  ALFANO, BARRA, ERRIGO, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, GREENE,
  JACOBS, MAYERSOHN, J. RIVERA, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred  to
  the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle and traffic law, in relation to certain
  requirements for renewing a driver's license

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi-
cle and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of  1995,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a)  A  license  issued  pursuant  to subdivision five of this section
shall be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless  such
license  is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be renewed
by submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by  law,
proofs  of  prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision prescribed by
the commissioner, [the  applicant's  social  security  number,]  and  if
required  by  the  commissioner  a  photo image of the applicant in such
numbers and form as the commissioner shall prescribe.  AN APPLICANT  FOR
RENEWAL  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER OR SHOW A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD EVEN IF SUCH NUMBER  OR  CARD  WAS
NOT  PROVIDED  TO THE DEPARTMENT IN A PREVIOUS TRANSACTION. In addition,
an applicant for renewal of a license containing  a  hazardous  material
endorsement  shall  pass  an  examination  to retain such endorsement. A
renewal of such  license  shall  be  issued  by  the  commissioner  upon
approval  of  such  application,  except  that  no such license shall be
issued if its issuance would be  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of
section  five  hundred  sixteen of this [chapter] TITLE, and except that
the commissioner may refuse to renew such license if  the  applicant  is
the  holder of a currently valid or renewable license to drive issued by

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

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