S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5961
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
October 21, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating
certain fees for veterans who request the addition of a veteran nota-
tion to valid licenses and identification cards
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the
vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is
amended to read as follows:
(a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who was
a member of the armed forces of the United States and received an honor-
able discharge or was released therefrom under honorable conditions
shall, upon his or her request and submission of proof as set forth
herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in such form as the commissioner
shall determine, indicating that he or she is a veteran. Such proof
shall consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active duty
including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or other proof satisfactory
to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not require fees for the
issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons requesting a
veteran notation which is different from fees otherwise required. THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE A FEE FOR THE ADDITION OF A VETERAN NOTA-
TION TO A VALID EXISTING LICENSE WHICH IS NOT BEING RENEWED AT THE TIME
THE ADDITION OF THE VETERAN NOTATION IS REQUESTED.
S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and
traffic law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
cle forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
and shall contain such other information and shall be issued in such
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
tification card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of
twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement
"UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or format.
Provided, further, however, that every identification card issued to an
applicant who was a member of the armed forces of the United States and
received [on] AN honorable discharge or was released therefrom under
honorable conditions shall, upon his or her request and submission of
proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in such form
as the commissioner shall determine, indicating that he or she is a
veteran. Such proof shall consist of a certificate of release or
discharge from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or
other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not
require fees for the issuance of such identification cards or renewals
thereof to persons under twenty-one years of age which are different
from the fees required for the issuance of identification cards or
renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years of age or over, nor fees to
persons requesting a veteran notation which are different from fees that
would otherwise be required. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE A FEE
FOR THE ADDITION OF A VETERAN NOTATION TO A VALID EXISTING IDENTIFICA-
TION CARD WHICH IS NOT BEING RENEWED AT THE TIME THE ADDITION OF THE
VETERAN NOTATION IS REQUESTED.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.