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                                  4274

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 20, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen.  FOLEY  -- 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 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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application  for  such  license,  the  commissioner  shall  revoke  such
license.
  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

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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-
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.