NY State Assembly Bill 2017-A1142B

Assembly Bill A1142B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enables veterans and reservists to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license

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Jun 05, 2018	reported referred to ways and means
May 31, 2018	print number 1142b
May 31, 2018	amend and recommit to transportation
Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation
Dec 27, 2017	print number 1142a
Dec 27, 2017	amend (t) and recommit to transportation
Jan 10, 2017	referred to transportation

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2017-A1142 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §508, V & T L; amd §354-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A1753
2015-2016: A122
2019-2020: A2331
2021-2022: A3920

2017-A1142 - Summary

Enables veterans and reservists to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license.

2017-A1142 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1142
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ, DenDEKKER, BRINDISI, M. G. MILLER,
   BRONSON, McDONALD, SKOUFIS, MOSLEY, CYMBROWITZ, SIMANOWITZ, BENEDETTO,
   SIMOTAS, CUSICK, GUNTHER, GOTTFRIED, PICHARDO,  BARRON,  COOK,  GALEF,
   COLTON,  ARROYO, HOOPER, CRESPO, HUNTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. HIKIND, PERRY, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
   Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in
   relation to enabling veterans  to  receive  benefit  information  upon
   applying for or renewing a driver's license
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR VETERANS.  IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS
 FOR  LICENSE  APPLICATIONS  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE  APPLICATION  TO
 ENABLE  ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE  OR  WAS  RELEASED  THEREFROM
 UNDER  HONORABLE CONDITIONS, TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE
 DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE  REGARDING  BENEFITS
 TO WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS STATED
 ON  THE  APPLICATION: "BY CHECKING THIS BOX, YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU SERVED
 IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU GIVE PERMISSION TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION
 WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE THE DIVISION OF  VETER-
 ANS' AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL REGARDING BENE-
 FITS  TO  WHICH  YOU MAY BE ENTITLED".  PROOF OF VETERAN STATUS SHALL BE
 DEMONSTRATED IN THE SAME MANNER REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO  RECEIVE
 A  VETERAN  NOTATION  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND  PARAGRAPH  (A-1)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH MAY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01091-01-7

 A. 1142                             2
 
 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.
   §  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, as amended by section 3 of part K of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2009, 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.  IN ADDITION, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION  FOR
 RENEWAL  TO ENABLE ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
 THE UNITED STATES AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE  OR  WAS  RELEASED
 THEREFROM  UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION
 FROM THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS BY EMAIL OR  TELEPHONE  REGARDING
 BENEFITS  TO WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND THAT THE FOLLOWING
 IS STATED ON THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL: "BY  CHECKING  THIS  BOX,  YOU
 CERTIFY THAT YOU SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU
 GIVE  PERMISSION  TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME
 AND CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE
 THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR
 MAIL REGARDING BENEFITS TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED". In  addition,  an
 applicant  for  renewal  of  a  license  containing a hazardous material
 endorsement shall pass an examination to retain  such  endorsement.  The
 commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials
 endorsement,  comply  with  the  requirements  imposed  upon  states  by
 sections 383.141 and 1572.13 of title 49 of the code  of  federal  regu-
 lations.  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 title, and except that the  commis-
 sioner  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.
   §  3.  Subdivision  3 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D) IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS  PROVIDED
 ON  THE APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL TO ENABLE ANY APPLI-
 CANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  AND
 RECEIVED  AN  HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONOR-
 ABLE CONDITIONS TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE DIVISION  OF
 VETERANS'  AFFAIRS  BY  EMAIL,  TELEPHONE  OR MAIL REGARDING BENEFITS TO
 WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS STATED ON
 THE APPLICATION AND APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL: "BY CHECKING THIS BOX,  YOU
 CERTIFY THAT YOU SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU
 GIVE  PERMISSION  TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME
 AND CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE
 THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR
 MAIL REGARDING BENEFITS TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED".
   § 4. Section 508 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:

 A. 1142                             3
 
   6. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL APPOINT AGENTS TO ACT ON HIS OR  HER  BEHALF
 TO  COLLECT,  STORE  AND  MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO  THE DIVISION OF VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS THE NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDE  EMAIL  ADDRESS,
 TELEPHONE  NUMBER  AND/OR  MAILING  ADDRESS,  OF  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  AND
 WHO  REQUESTS TO RECEIVE BENEFIT INFORMATION FROM THE DIVISION OF VETER-
 ANS' AFFAIRS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE-A OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION SIX OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  5.  Section  353  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24. TO COORDINATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR  VEHICLES  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE-A  OR  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW TO RETRIEVE NAME AND  CONTACT
 INFORMATION  OF  APPLICANTS  WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
 UNITED STATES AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THERE-
 FROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS WHO ARE APPLYING FOR OR  RENEWING  THEIR
 DRIVER'S  LICENSES  AND  WHO REQUEST TO BE CONTACTED BY THE DIVISION VIA
 EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL REGARDING BENEFITS TO WHICH THEY MAY  BE  ENTI-
 TLED.
   §  6.  Subdivision 3 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 97 of the  laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Application  for  learner's permit. An application for a learner's
 permit shall be included in the application for a license.  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION TO ENABLE
 ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED  STATES
 AND  RECEIVED  AN  HONORABLE  DISCHARGE  OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER
 HONORABLE CONDITIONS, TO REGISTER OR RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE  DIVI-
 SION  OF  VETERANS'  AFFAIRS BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE REGARDING BENEFITS TO
 WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS STATED ON
 THE APPLICATION: "BY CHECKING THIS BOX, YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU  SERVED  IN
 THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE UNITED STATES AND YOU GIVE PERMISSION TO THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT  INFORMATION
 WITH  THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE THE DIVISION OF VETER-
 ANS' AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL REGARDING BENE-
 FITS TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED".  PROOF OF VETERAN  STATUS  SHALL  BE
 DEMONSTRATED  IN THE SAME MANNER REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO RECEIVE
 A VETERAN NOTATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
 SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  NINETY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER AND PARAGRAPH (A-1) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH  MAY
 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. A learner's permit shall be issued in such form as
 the commissioner shall determine but shall  not  be  issued  unless  the
 applicant  has  successfully  passed  the  vision  test required by this
 section and the test set forth in paragraph (a) of subdivision  four  of
 this  section  with  respect  to laws relating to traffic and ability to
 read and comprehend traffic signs and  symbols  and  has  satisfactorily
 completed  any  course required pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision
 four of this section. Upon acceptance of an application for a  learner's
 permit  the  commissioner  shall  provide  the applicant with a driver's
 manual which includes but is not limited to the laws relating  to  traf-
 fic,  the  laws  relating  to and physiological effects of driving while
 ability impaired and driving while intoxicated, the law  for  exercising
 due  care  to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or standing vehicle

 A. 1142                             4
 
 pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this chapter,  expla-
 nations  of  traffic  signs  and  symbols  and such other matters as the
 commissioner may prescribe.
   §  7. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law, except that, if chapter 97 of the laws of 2016 shall not have taken
 effect on or before the effective date of this act, then section six  of
 this  act  shall  take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
 chapter 97 of the laws of 2016 takes effect.   Provided,  however,  that
 effective  immediately any actions necessary to implement the provisions
 of this act on its effective date are  authorized  and  directed  to  be
 completed on or before such date.

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2017-A1142A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §508, V & T L; amd §354-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A1753
2015-2016: A122
2019-2020: A2331
2021-2022: A3920

2017-A1142A - Summary

Enables veterans and reservists to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license.

2017-A1142A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1142--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ, DenDEKKER, BRINDISI, M. G. MILLER,
   BRONSON, McDONALD, SKOUFIS, MOSLEY,  CYMBROWITZ,  BENEDETTO,  SIMOTAS,
   CUSICK,  GUNTHER,  GOTTFRIED,  PICHARDO,  BARRON, COOK, GALEF, COLTON,
   ARROYO, HOOPER, CRESPO, HUNTER --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
   HIKIND,  PERRY,  SIMON  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
   Transportation  --  committee  discharged,   bill   amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in
   relation to enabling veterans and reservists to receive benefit infor-
   mation upon applying for or renewing a driver's license
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR VETERANS.  IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS
 FOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION TO
 ENABLE ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE  UNITED
 STATES,  OR AS A RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED
 FORCES LISTED IN 10 U.S.C. § 10101, AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE  DISCHARGE
 OR  WAS  RELEASED  THEREFROM  UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS, TO REGISTER TO
 RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS BY  EMAIL  OR
 TELEPHONE REGARDING BENEFITS TO WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND
 THAT  THE FOLLOWING IS STATED ON THE APPLICATION: "BY CHECKING THIS BOX,
 YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR
 AS A RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE  COMPONENTS  OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES
 LISTED  IN  10 U.S.C. § 10101, AND YOU GIVE PERMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT
 OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT  INFORMATION  WITH  THE
 DIVISION  OF  VETERANS'  AFFAIRS  TO  ENABLE  THE  DIVISION OF VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL  REGARDING  BENEFITS
 TO  WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED".  PROOF OF VETERAN STATUS SHALL BE DEMON-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01091-03-7

 A. 1142--A                          2
 
 STRATED IN THE SAME MANNER REQUIRED BY THE  COMMISSIONER  TO  RECEIVE  A
 VETERAN  NOTATION  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND  PARAGRAPH  (A-1)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH MAY
 CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE  OF  RELEASE  OR  DISCHARGE  FROM  ACTIVE  DUTY
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214, LEAVE AND EARNING STATE-
 MENTS FOR SERVICE AS A RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE
 ARMED FORCES LISTED IN 10 U.S.C. § 10101 OR OTHER PROOF SATISFACTORY  TO
 THE COMMISSIONER.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN APPLICANT'S VETERAN STATUS
 SHALL  NOT  BE DISCLOSED TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY OTHER THAN THE DIVISION
 OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, AND SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDI-
 VISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   §  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, as amended by section 3 of part K of chapter 59 of the laws
 of 2009, 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.  IN ADDITION, THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION  FOR
 RENEWAL  TO ENABLE ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
 THE UNITED STATES, OR AS A RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF
 THE ARMED FORCES LISTED IN 10 U.S.C. § 10101, AND RECEIVED AN  HONORABLE
 DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS TO REGIS-
 TER  TO  RECEIVE  INFORMATION  FROM THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS BY
 EMAIL OR TELEPHONE REGARDING BENEFITS TO WHICH  SUCH  APPLICANT  MAY  BE
 ENTITLED  AND  THAT  THE  FOLLOWING  IS  STATED  ON  THE APPLICATION FOR
 RENEWAL: "BY CHECKING THIS BOX, YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU SERVED IN THE ARMED
 FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR AS A RESERVIST IN  ONE  OF  THE  RESERVE
 COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES LISTED IN 10 U.S.C. § 10101, AND YOU GIVE
 PERMISSION  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME AND
 CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE THE
 DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU  VIA  EMAIL,  TELEPHONE  OR
 MAIL  REGARDING  BENEFITS TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED". In addition, an
 applicant for renewal of  a  license  containing  a  hazardous  material
 endorsement  shall  pass  an examination to retain such endorsement. The
 commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials
 endorsement,  comply  with  the  requirements  imposed  upon  states  by
 sections  383.141  and  1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regu-
 lations. 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 title, and except that the commis-
 sioner 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.
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  AN  APPLICANT'S  VETERAN  STATUS SHALL NOT BE
 DISCLOSED TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY OTHER THAN THE DIVISION  OF  VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS,  AND  SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:

 A. 1142--A                          3

   (D)  IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED
 ON THE APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL TO ENABLE ANY  APPLI-
 CANT  WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR AS A
 RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES LISTED IN
 10  U.S.C.  § 10101, AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED
 THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE  INFORMATION
 FROM  THE  DIVISION  OF  VETERANS'  AFFAIRS  BY EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL
 REGARDING BENEFITS TO WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND THAT  THE
 FOLLOWING  IS STATED ON THE APPLICATION AND APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL: "BY
 CHECKING THIS BOX, YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU SERVED IN THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF
 THE  UNITED  STATES , OR AS A RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS
 OF THE ARMED FORCES LISTED IN 10 U.S.C.  § 10101, AND YOU  GIVE  PERMIS-
 SION  TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT
 INFORMATION WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE  THE  DIVI-
 SION  OF  VETERANS'  AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL
 REGARDING BENEFITS TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED".    PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT  AN APPLICANT'S VETERAN STATUS SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO ANY PERSON
 OR ENTITY OTHER THAN THE DIVISION OF VETERANS'  AFFAIRS,  AND  SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN OF
 THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 4. Section 508 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL APPOINT AGENTS TO ACT ON HIS OR HER BEHALF
 TO COLLECT, STORE AND  MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO  THE  DIVISION  OF  VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS  THE  NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS,
 TELEPHONE NUMBER AND/OR MAILING ADDRESS,  OF  AN  APPLICANT  WHO  WAS  A
 MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR AS A RESERVIST IN
 ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES LISTED IN 10 U.S.C.  §
 10101,  AND  RECEIVED  AN  HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM
 UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS AND WHO REQUESTS TO RECEIVE BENEFIT  INFORMA-
 TION  FROM  THE  DIVISION  OF  VETERANS' AFFAIRS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE-A OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 5. Section 353 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24.  TO  COORDINATE  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE-A OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION SIX  OF  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW TO RETRIEVE NAME AND CONTACT
 INFORMATION OF APPLICANTS WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE
 UNITED STATES, OR AS A RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE
 ARMED  FORCES  LISTED  IN  10  U.S.C. § 10101, AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE
 DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS  WHO  ARE
 APPLYING  FOR  OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES AND WHO REQUEST TO BE
 CONTACTED BY THE DIVISION VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL  REGARDING  BENE-
 FITS  TO  WHICH  THEY MAY BE ENTITLED. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN APPLI-
 CANT'S VETERAN STATUS SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO  ANY  PERSON  OR  ENTITY
 OTHER  THAN  THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, AND SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM
 THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE  PUBLIC
 OFFICERS LAW.
   §  6.  Subdivision 3 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 97 of the  laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Application  for  learner's permit. An application for a learner's
 permit shall be included in the application for a license.  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION TO ENABLE
 ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,

 A. 1142--A                          4
 
 OR AS A RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE  ARMED  FORCES
 LISTED  IN 10 U.S.C. § 10101, AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS
 RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS, TO  REGISTER  OR  RECEIVE
 INFORMATION FROM THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE
 REGARDING  BENEFITS TO WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND THAT THE
 FOLLOWING IS STATED ON THE  APPLICATION:  "BY  CHECKING  THIS  BOX,  YOU
 CERTIFY  THAT YOU SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR AS
 A RESERVIST IN ONE OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES  LISTED
 IN 10 U.S.C. § 10101, AND YOU GIVE PERMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
 VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE DIVISION OF
 VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO CONTACT
 YOU  VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL REGARDING BENEFITS TO WHICH YOU MAY BE
 ENTITLED".  PROOF OF VETERAN STATUS SHALL BE DEMONSTRATED  IN  THE  SAME
 MANNER REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO RECEIVE A VETERAN NOTATION PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY
 OF  THIS  CHAPTER AND PARAGRAPH (A-1) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH MAY  CONSIST  OF  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
 RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD
 FORM 214, LEAVE AND EARNING STATEMENTS FOR SERVICE AS A RESERVIST IN ONE
 OF  THE  RESERVE  COMPONENTS  OF THE ARMED FORCES LISTED IN 10 U.S.C.  §
 10101 OR OTHER PROOF  SATISFACTORY  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER.  A  learner's
 permit  shall be issued in such form as the commissioner shall determine
 but shall not be issued unless the applicant has successfully passed the
 vision test required by this section and the test set forth in paragraph
 (a) of subdivision four of this section with respect to laws relating to
 traffic and ability to read and comprehend traffic signs and symbols and
 has satisfactorily completed any course required pursuant  to  paragraph
 (a)  of subdivision four of this section. Upon acceptance of an applica-
 tion for a learner's permit the commissioner shall provide the applicant
 with a driver's manual which includes but is not  limited  to  the  laws
 relating  to  traffic, the laws relating to and physiological effects of
 driving while ability impaired and driving while  intoxicated,  the  law
 for  exercising  due  care  to avoid colliding with a parked, stopped or
 standing vehicle pursuant to section eleven hundred forty-four-a of this
 chapter, explanations of  traffic  signs  and  symbols  and  such  other
 matters  as  the commissioner may prescribe.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN
 APPLICANT'S VETERAN STATUS SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED TO ANY PERSON OR ENTI-
 TY OTHER THAN THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS,  AND  SHALL  BE  EXEMPT
 FROM  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHT-SEVEN OF THE
 PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 7. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Provided, however, that effective immediately any actions necessary
 to  implement  the  provisions  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized and directed to be completed on or before such date.

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2017-A1142B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §508, V & T L; amd §354-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A1753
2015-2016: A122
2019-2020: A2331
2021-2022: A3920

2017-A1142B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables veterans and reservists to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license.

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                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1142--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ, DenDEKKER, BRINDISI, M. G. MILLER,
   BRONSON, McDONALD, SKOUFIS, MOSLEY,  CYMBROWITZ,  BENEDETTO,  SIMOTAS,
   CUSICK,  GUNTHER,  GOTTFRIED,  PICHARDO,  BARRON, COOK, GALEF, COLTON,
   ARROYO, HOOPER, CRESPO, HUNTER --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
   HIKIND,  PERRY,  SIMON  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
   Transportation  --  committee  discharged,   bill   amended,   ordered
   reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
   to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
   sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in
   relation to enabling veterans and reservists to receive benefit infor-
   mation upon applying for or renewing a driver's license
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  508 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION
 OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, IS DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS  BY  WHICH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REFER  DRIVER'S LICENSE AND NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION
 CARD APPLICANTS REQUESTING AND OBTAINING A NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE OR
 NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED
 STATES ARMED FORCES  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  FOUR
 HUNDRED  NINETY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST, TO THE DIVISION OF
 VETERANS' AFFAIRS, CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  2.  Section 354-a of the executive law, as amended by section 95 of
 subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01091-04-8

 A. 1142--B                          2
 
   § 354-a. Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
 Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the
 state and political  subdivisions  thereof,  which  provide  assistance,
 treatment,  counseling,  care,  supervision  or custody in service areas
 involving  health,  mental  health, family services, criminal justice or
 employment, including but not limited to the office  of  alcoholism  and
 substance  abuse  services, office of mental health, office of probation
 and correctional alternatives, office of children and  family  services,
 office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance, department of health,
 department of labor,  local  workforce  investment  boards,  office  for
 people  with  developmental  disabilities, and department of corrections
 and community supervision, shall request  assisted  persons  to  provide
 information  with  regard  to  their veteran status and military experi-
 ences. Individuals identifying themselves as veterans,  INCLUDING  INDI-
 VIDUALS  REQUESTING  AND OBTAINING A VETERANS NOTATION ON THEIR DRIVER'S
 LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION  CARD  PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS  FOUR
 HUNDRED  NINETY  AND  FIVE  HUNDRED  TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,
 shall be advised that the division of veterans' affairs and local veter-
 ans' service agencies established  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
 fifty-seven  of  this  article  provide assistance to veterans regarding
 benefits under federal and state  law.  Information  regarding  veterans
 status  and  military  service  provided  by  assisted persons solely to
 implement this section  shall  be  protected  as  personal  confidential
 information  under  article  six-A  of  the  public officers law against
 disclosure of confidential material, and used  only  to  assist  in  the
 diagnosis,  treatment, assessment and handling of the veteran's problems
 within the agency requesting  such  information  and  in  referring  the
 veteran to the division of veterans' affairs for information and assist-
 ance  with  regard  to benefits and entitlements under federal and state
 law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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Anthony Brindisi

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Harry B. Bronson

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N. Nick Perry

Jo Anne Simon

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Anthony Brindisi

Michael G. Miller

Harry B. Bronson

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N. Nick Perry

Jo Anne Simon

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