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Assembly Bill A8167

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows authorized representatives to apply for identification cards

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2021-A8167 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §490, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A4268
2025-2026: A6692

2021-A8167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows authorized representatives to apply for identification cards on behalf of qualified applicants.

2021-A8167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8167
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
   authorized representatives to apply for identification cards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 490 of
 the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 465 of  the  laws  of
 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   Any person to whom a driver's license or learner's permit has not been
 issued  by  the  commissioner,  or  whose  driver's license or learner's
 permit is expired, suspended, revoked or surrendered, OR  SUCH  PERSON'S
 AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE, may make application to the commissioner for
 the issuance of an identification card. The  commissioner  shall  ensure
 that  space  is  provided on the application so that the applicant shall
 register or decline registration in the donate life registry  for  organ
 and  tissue donations pursuant to section forty-three hundred ten of the
 public health law and that the following is stated on the application in
 clear and conspicuous type:
   § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 490
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of
 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) The commissioner shall upon submission of an appropriate  applica-
 tion,  upon payment of the prescribed fee, and upon being satisfied that
 the person described is the applicant and that such applicant meets  the
 requirements set forth in subdivision two of this section, issue to such
 applicant  OR SUCH APPLICANT'S AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE a nontransfera-
 ble identification card.   In  addition,  the  commissioner  also  shall
 require  that an applicant for an identification card or renewal thereof
 provide his or  her  social  security  number.  The  commissioner  shall
 provide  space  so  that  an  applicant may request a notation upon such
 identification card that he or she is a veteran  of  the  United  States
 armed forces.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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