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Assembly Bill A1443

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires an online defensive driving class for renewal of a drivers' license

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2021-A1443 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A8874

2021-A1443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires proof of an online defensive driving class for renewal of a drivers' license.

2021-A1443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1443
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring an
   online defensive driving class for renewal of a drivers' 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 chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, 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 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 signed by such applicant that they have not
 been issued a social security number, PROOF OF A COMPLETED ONLINE DEFEN-
 SIVE DRIVING COURSE AS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER, 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  regulations.  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 commissioner may refuse to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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