Permits the commissioner of motor vehicles to require any licensed driver to submit to an examination or reexamination prior to such licensed driver's normal renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having jurisdiction of traffic offenses, or the governor or chief magistrate of a state or territory stating that the driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is questionable.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2174
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, BURDICK, SHIMSKY, DAVILA,
PAULIN, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to reexamina-
tion of licensees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 506 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE ANY LICENSED DRIVER TO SUBMIT TO AN
EXAMINATION OR REEXAMINATION PRIOR TO SUCH LICENSED DRIVER'S NORMAL
RENEWAL DATE UPON RECEIPT OF A RECOMMENDATION FROM A COURT HAVING JURIS-
DICTION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES, OR THE GOVERNOR OR CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF A
STATE OR TERRITORY STATING THAT THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO OPERATE A MOTOR
VEHICLE SAFELY IS QUESTIONABLE. IN REVIEWING SUCH LICENSED DRIVER'S
QUALIFICATIONS TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ONLY
CONSIDER THE PREVIOUS TEN YEARS OF THE LICENSED DRIVER'S DRIVING RECORD.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04815-01-5
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