Senate Bill S2549

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires an updated photo to be taken in order to renew a driver's license

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • 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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2019-S2549 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1546
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4236, A9434
2017-2018: S183, A1714
2021-2022: S2097, A7138
2023-2024: A2941

2019-S2549 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an updated photo be taken in order to renew a driver's license.

2019-S2549 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2549
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- 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, in relation to requiring an
   updated photo for the renewal of a driver's license
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi-
 cle 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,  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.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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