Senate Bill S6890

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to including if a person has autism spectrum disorder on his or her driver's license; repealer

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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-S6890 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8711
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§490 & 504, rpld & add §502 sub 1, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3252
2023-2024: A213

2019-S6890 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes a distinctive mark on a person's driver's license if a person has autism spectrum disorder.

2019-S6890 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6890 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6890
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to including if
   a person has autism spectrum disorder on his or her driver's  license;
   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. Section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDI-
 VISION  TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS
 PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE  IF  HE
 OR  SHE  HAS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS TYPED IN
 CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: ARE YOU A PERSON WITH AUTISM
 SPECTRUM DISORDER? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'."
   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  MAKE  WHATEVER  PROVISIONS  ARE  FEASIBLE  AND
 DESIRABLE  TO  MAINTAIN  AND  ISSUE  ALL  SUITABLE  DOCUMENTS  REGARDING
 ADVANCED DIRECTIVES AT DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING OFFICES.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle  and
 traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2014, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing  number  or
 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
 cle  forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
 and shall contain such other information and shall  be  issued  in  such
 form as the commissioner shall determine; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, EVERY IDEN-
 TIFICATION  CARD OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO A PERSON WITH AUTISM SPEC-
 TRUM DISORDER SHALL CONTAIN A DISTINCTIVE MARK; provided, however, every
 identification card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the  age
 of  twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the state-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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