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                                  9376

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PHEF-
  FER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an
  address for a driver's license and registration

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
law,  as  amended by chapter 639 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. Application for license.  Application for a driver's license  shall
be made to the commissioner.  The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
ty,  ADDRESS,  age,  and fitness as may be required by the commissioner.
WHEN PROVIDING AN ADDRESS TO THE DEPARTMENT, IF AN APPLICANT USES A POST
OFFICE BOX AS HIS OR HER  MAILING  ADDRESS,  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL  ALSO
PROVIDE  THE DEPARTMENT WITH HIS OR HER STREET ADDRESS. The commissioner
may also provide that the application procedure shall include the taking
of a photo image or images of the applicant in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the commission-
er also shall require that the applicant provide his or her social secu-
rity number and provide space on the application so that  the  applicant
may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor registry under
section  forty-three  hundred ten of the public health law. In addition,
an applicant for a  commercial  driver's  license  who  will  operate  a
commercial  motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that such
applicant meets the requirements to operate a commercial motor  vehicle,
as  set  forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code
of federal regulations, and all regulations promulgated  by  the  United
States  secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials trans-
portation act. Upon a determination that  the  holder  of  a  commercial
driver's  license  has  made  any  false  statement, with respect to the
application  for  such  license,  the  commissioner  shall  revoke  such
license.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
201-a to read as follows:
  S  201-A.  ACCESS  TO  INFORMATION.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ALLOW LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ACCESS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL'S STREET ADDRESS PROVIDED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR  HUNDRED  ONE
AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S  3.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 1 of section 401 of the vehicle and
traffic law, as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 1996,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  b.  Every  owner  of a motor vehicle which shall be operated or driven
upon the public highways  of  this  state  shall,  except  as  otherwise
expressly  provided, cause to be presented, by mail or otherwise, to the
office or a branch office of the commissioner, or to any  agent  of  the
commissioner,  constituted  as  provided in this chapter, an application
for registration addressed to the commissioner, and on  a  blank  to  be
prepared  under  the  direction of and furnished by the commissioner for
that purpose, containing: (a) a brief description of the  motor  vehicle
to be registered, including the name and factory number of such vehicle,
and  such  other facts as the commissioner shall require; (b) the weight
of the vehicle upon which the registration fee is based if  the  fee  is
based  on  weight;  (c) the name and residence, including county, of the
owner of such motor vehicle; PROVIDED, THAT IF AN APPLICANT USES A  POST
OFFICE  BOX WHEN PROVIDING A RESIDENCE ADDRESS, THE APPLICANT SHALL ALSO
PROVIDE HIS OR HER STREET ADDRESS; (d)  provided  that,  if  such  motor
vehicle is used or to be used as an omnibus, the applicant also shall so
certify,  and  in  the case of an omnibus also certify as to the seating
capacity, and if the omnibus is to be operated wholly within  a  munici-
pality pursuant to a franchise other than a franchise express or implied
in  articles  of  incorporation  upon certain streets designated in such
franchise, those facts shall also be certified, and a certified copy  of
such  franchise  furnished  to  the commissioner; (e) provided, that, if
such motor vehicle is an altered livery, the applicant shall so  furnish
a  certified  copy  of  the  length of the center panel of such vehicle,
provided, however, that the commissioner shall require such proof, as he
may determine is necessary, in  the  application  for  registration  and
provided  further,  if  the  center  panel  of  such vehicle exceeds one
hundred inches, the commissioner shall require proof that  such  vehicle
is  in  compliance  with  all applicable federal and state motor vehicle
safety standards; and (f) such  additional  facts  or  evidence  as  the
commissioner  may  require in connection with the application for regis-
tration. Every owner of a trailer shall also make  application  for  the
registration thereof in the manner herein provided for an application to
register  a  motor  vehicle,  but  shall contain a statement showing the
manufacturer's  number  or  other  identification  satisfactory  to  the
commissioner  and  no  number  plate  for  a  trailer  issued  under the
provisions of subdivision three of section  four  hundred  two  of  this
chapter  shall be transferred to or used upon any other trailer than the
one for which number plate is issued.  The  commissioner  shall  require
proof,  in  the  application  for  registration,  or  otherwise, as such
commissioner may determine, that the motor vehicle for  which  registra-
tion  is  applied for is equipped with lights conforming in all respects
to the requirements of this chapter,  and  no  motor  vehicle  shall  be
registered unless it shall appear by such proofs that such motor vehicle
is  equipped with proper lights as aforesaid. The said application shall
contain or be accompanied by such evidence of the ownership of the motor
vehicle described in the application as may be required by  the  commis-

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sioner  or  his  agent  and  which,  with respect to new vehicles, shall
include, unless otherwise specifically provided by the commissioner, the
manufacturer's statement of origin. Applications received by an agent of
the  commissioner  shall  be  forwarded  to the commissioner as he shall
direct for filing. No application for  registration  shall  be  accepted
unless the applicant is at least sixteen years of age.
  S  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.