Senate Bill S1100

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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  • 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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2017-S1100 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§502, 490 & 508, V & T L; amd §353, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6411
2013-2014: S2226
2015-2016: S775
2019-2020: S1026

2017-S1100 - Summary

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

2017-S1100 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1100 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1100
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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 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
 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01091-01-7
              

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2017-S1100A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§502, 490 & 508, V & T L; amd §353, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6411
2013-2014: S2226
2015-2016: S775
2019-2020: S1026

2017-S1100A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S1100A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1100A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1100--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA, DILAN, KENNEDY, PERALTA -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Transportation  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Transportation in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 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-
 STRATED  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO RECEIVE A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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