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Assembly Bill A1555

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides additional fines and penalties for the unauthorized use of a driver's license or non-driver identification card

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2011-A1555 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1804, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8152
2013-2014: A5192

2011-A1555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides additional fines and penalties for the unauthorized use of a driver's license or non-driver identification card.

2011-A1555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1555

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 10, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  penalties
  for the unauthorized use of a driver's license or non-driver identifi-
  cation card

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

  Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1804 to read as follows:
  S 1804. DRIVER'S LICENSE AND NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD; UNAUTHOR-
IZED  USE.  1. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER FINES AND PENALTIES SET FORTH IN
THE PENAL LAW OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY:
  (A) OFFERS AS HIS OR HER OWN, A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR  NON-DRIVER  IDEN-
TIFICATION CARD TO ANY PERSON AS PROOF OF AGE WHEN SUCH DRIVER'S LICENSE
OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD IS NOT HIS OR HER OWN; OR
  (B)  FALSELY  MAKES OR FALSELY ALTERS A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER
IDENTIFICATION CARD, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE  FINES  AND  PENALTIES  SET
FORTH  IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
THE TERMS "FALSELY MAKES" AND "FALSELY ALTERS" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEAN-
INGS AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISIONS FOUR AND SIX, RESPECTIVELY, OF SECTION
170.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
  2. ANY PERSON WHO OFFERS, FALSELY MAKES OR FALSELY ALTERS  A  DRIVER'S
LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION, SHALL:
  (A)  FOR A FIRST OFFENSE, BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
AND SUSPENSION OF HIS OR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER  IDENTIFICA-
TION CARD FOR SIX MONTHS;
  (B) FOR A SECOND OFFENSE, BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
AND  SUSPENSION OF HIS OR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICA-
TION CARD FOR ONE YEAR; AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03924-01-1

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