Senate Bill S6019

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements for licensing

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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-S6019 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S3531, S3900

2019-S6019 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Lowers the age requirement to apply for a class A driver's license from twenty-one to eighteen.

2019-S6019 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6019 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6019
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 requirements
   for licensing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of section 502 of
 the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 520 of  the  laws  of
 1991, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  An applicant for a [class A license or for a] commercial driver's
 license which contains an H or an X endorsement or which  is  valid  for
 operation  in  interstate commerce shall be at least twenty-one years of
 age.
   (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this subdivision an  appli-
 cant  for  a class A, B, C or E license shall be at least eighteen years
 of age.
   § 2. 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 and directed to
 be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09711-02-9



              

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