Senate Bill S1461

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that photos used on a driver's license may not be more than 8 years old

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1461 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§502 & 504, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S710

2009-S1461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the photograph used on a driver's license shall not be more than 8 years old.

2009-S1461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1461

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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 photo images
  used on driver's licenses

  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, PROVIDED  THAT  NO
PHOTO  IMAGE USED ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE IS MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS OLD. In
addition, an applicant for renewal of a license containing  a  hazardous
material  endorsement  shall pass an examination to retain such endorse-
ment. 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,  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
another  state  or  foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such
license.
  S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle  and
traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2001, is amended
to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05094-01-9

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