Senate Bill S8746

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to applications for licenses; repealer

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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-S8746 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9891
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, rpld §502 sub 1, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S3925, A1863

2019-S8746 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes technical corrections to provisions of law relating to applications for licenses.

2019-S8746 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8746 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8746
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 applications
   for 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
 issued by the applicant's country of citizenship (which  shall  also  be
 eligible  as  proof  of age), a valid, unexpired consular identification
 document issued by a consulate from the applicant's country of  citizen-
 ship, 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  application 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 learner's permit
 which does not meet federal standards for identification,  an  affidavit
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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