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Assembly Bill A5473

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to evaluate the possibility of offering road tests in languages other than English

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2025-A5473 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic

2025-A5473 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to evaluate the possibility of offering road tests in languages other than English.

2025-A5473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5473
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring the commissioner of  motor  vehicles  to
   evaluate  the  possibility  of  offering road tests in languages other
   than English; and providing for the repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "driver
 access to road tests act".
   § 2. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall evaluate the possibility
 and  feasibility  of  offering  road  tests pursuant to paragraph (b) of
 subdivision 4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law in languages
 other than English. The commissioner shall publish the findings of  such
 evaluation on or before December 31st, 2028.
   § 3. Such evaluation shall include but not be limited to:
   a.  an identification of the circumstances under which such road tests
 can be offered in languages other than English;
   b. an analysis of the population that will benefit from  the  offering
 of such road tests;
   c. the cost of providing such road tests; and
   d.  the  specific  methods  used in determining such factors stated in
 subdivisions a, b, and c of this section.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2029.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09230-01-5

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