Senate Bill S1026A

2019-2020 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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2019-S1026 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§494 & 508, V & T L; amd §§353 & 354-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6411
2013-2014: S2226
2015-2016: S775
2017-2018: S1100

2019-S1026 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S1026 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1026 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1026
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, 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 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 508 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION
 OF  VETERANS'  AFFAIRS,  IS DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL REFER DRIVER'S LICENSE  AND  NON-DRIVER  IDENTIFICATION
 CARD APPLICANTS REQUESTING AND OBTAINING A NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE OR
 NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED
 STATES  ARMED  FORCES  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS  CHAPTER  OR  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST, TO THE DIVISION OF
 VETERANS'  AFFAIRS,  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 2. Section 354-a of the executive law, as amended by section  95  of
 subpart  B  of  part  C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 354-a. Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
 Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the
 state  and  political  subdivisions  thereof,  which provide assistance,
 treatment, counseling, care, supervision or  custody  in  service  areas
 involving  health,  mental  health, family services, criminal justice or
 employment, including but not limited to the office  of  alcoholism  and
 substance  abuse  services, office of mental health, office of probation
 and correctional alternatives, office of children and  family  services,
 office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance, department of health,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2019-S1026A - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§494 & 508, V & T L; amd §§353 & 354-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6411
2013-2014: S2226
2015-2016: S775
2017-2018: S1100

2019-S1026A - Summary

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

2019-S1026A - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1026A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1026--A
     Cal. No. 51
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RIVERA, KENNEDY, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
   portation  -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
   and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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  494 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION
 OF VETERANS' SERVICES, IS DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY  WHICH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REFER  DRIVER'S LICENSE AND NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION
 CARD APPLICANTS REQUESTING AND OBTAINING A NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE OR
 NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED
 STATES ARMED FORCES  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  FOUR
 HUNDRED  NINETY  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  OR  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST, TO THE DIVISION OF
 VETERANS' SERVICES, CONSISTENT WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY-FOUR-A  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. SUCH PROCESS SHALL ENSURE A
 SPACE IS PROVIDED FOR APPLICANT TO DEMONSTRATE  HIS  OR  HER  INTENT  TO
 SHARE  HIS OR HER APPLICATION INFORMATION WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS'
 SERVICES, TO ENABLE THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' SERVICES TO PROVIDE  BENE-
 FITS  INFORMATION  TO  APPLICANT. SUCH PROCESS SHALL ALSO BE EXEMPT FROM
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 2. Section 508 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION
 OF VETERANS' SERVICES, IS DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY  WHICH  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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