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Assembly Bill A9204

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows persons in recovery to have a distinguishing mark printed on their license for cases of medical emergencies

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2021-A9204 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §504, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1210

2021-A9204 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows persons in recovery to have a distinguishing mark printed on their driver's license for cases of medical emergencies.

2021-A9204 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9204
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
   persons in recovery to have a distinguishing  mark  printed  on  their
   driver's license for cases of medical emergencies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
   (A-2) EVERY LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO AN APPLICANT WHO OPTS
 TO DISTINGUISH AS A PERSON IN RECOVERY SHALL, UPON HIS  OR  HER  REQUEST
 AND  SUBMISSION  OF  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  RENEWAL  OR  ISSUANCE OF SUCH
 LICENSE, CONTAIN A DISTINGUISHING MARK OF "R" INDICATING THAT HE OR  SHE
 IS A PERSON IN RECOVERY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR THE
 ISSUANCE  OF  SUCH LICENSES OR RENEWALS THEREOF TO PERSONS REQUESTING AN
 "R"  DISTINGUISHING  MARK  WHICH  ARE  DIFFERENT  FROM  FEES   OTHERWISE
 REQUIRED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "PERSON IN RECOVERY" SHALL
 MEAN  ANY  PERSON  WHO  WOULD LIKE THEIR LICENSE TO SPECIFY FOR CASES OF
 MEDICAL EMERGENCIES THAT SUCH PERSON IS IN SOME FORM OF DRUG OR  ALCOHOL
 RECOVERY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11080-01-1

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