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                                   10233
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2020
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 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  allowing
   national identity cards to be included as acceptable proofs of age and
   identity for applications for driver's licenses; and to repeal certain
   provisions of such law relating thereto

   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 37 of the laws of 2019, 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,  age,  and  fitness  as  may  be  required by the commissioner. With
 respect to a non-commercial driver's license or learner's  permit  which
 does  not  meet federal standards for identification, in addition to the
 acceptable proofs of age and identity approved by the commissioner as of
 January first, two thousand nineteen, acceptable proof of identity shall
 also include, but not be limited to, a valid, unexpired foreign passport
 OR NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD issued by the applicant's country of  citizen-
 ship  (which shall also be eligible as proof of age), a valid, unexpired
 consular identification document issued by a consulate from  the  appli-
 cant's  country of citizenship, or a valid foreign driver's license that
 includes a photo image of  the  applicant  and  which  is  unexpired  or
 expired  for  less than twenty-four months of its date of expiration, as
 primary forms of such proof. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall
 be deemed to preclude the commissioner from approving additional  proofs
 of  identity and age.  The commissioner may also provide that the appli-
 cation 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 commissioner also shall require that the
 applicant provide his or her social security number or, in lieu thereof,
 with respect to an application for a non-commercial driver's license  or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 learner's  permit  which does not meet federal standards for identifica-
 tion, an affidavit signed by such applicant  that  they  have  not  been
 issued  a  social  security  number. The commissioner also shall provide
 SPACE  ON  THE  APPLICATION SO THAT THE APPLICANT MAY REQUEST A NOTATION
 UPON SUCH LICENSE THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED
 FORCES, AND 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  with  the  following
 stated on the application in clear and conspicuous type:
   "You  must  fill out the following section: Would you like to be added
 to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes'  or  'skip  this  ques-
 tion'."
   The  commissioner  of  health shall not maintain records of any person
 who checks "skip this question". Except where the application is made in
 person or electronically, failure to check a box shall  not  impair  the
 validity of an application, and failure to check "yes" or checking "skip
 this  question" shall not be construed to imply a wish not to donate. In
 the case of an applicant under eighteen years  of  age,  checking  "yes"
 shall  not constitute consent to make an anatomical gift or registration
 in the donate life registry, except as otherwise  provided  pursuant  to
 the  provisions  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section forty-
 three hundred one of the public  health  law.  Where  an  applicant  has
 previously  consented  to  make  an anatomical gift or registered in the
 donate life registry, checking "skip this question" or failing to  check
 a  box  shall  not  impair that consent or registration. In addition, an
 applicant for a commercial driver's license who will operate  a  commer-
 cial motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that such appli-
 cant  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.  In  addition,  an  applicant  for a commercial driver's
 license shall submit a medical certificate at such intervals as required
 by the federal motor carrier safety improvement act  of  1999  and  Part
 383.71(h)  of  title  49  of the code of federal regulations relating to
 medical certification and in a manner prescribed  by  the  commissioner.
 For  purposes  of  this  section  and  sections five hundred three, five
 hundred ten-a, and five hundred ten-aa of this title, the terms "medical
 certificate" and "medical certification" shall mean a form substantially
 in compliance with the form set forth in Part 391.43(h) of title  49  of
 the code of federal regulations. Upon a determination that the holder of
 a commercial driver's license has made any false statement, with respect
 to  the application for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such
 license.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
 amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.