Assembly Bill A605

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    605
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, JACKSON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
   the issuance of licenses and non-driver identification cards  contain-
   ing a Lifetime Liberty Pass distinguishing mark
 
   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:
 (I) WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES; (II) RECEIVED
 AN  HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDI-
 TIONS; AND (III) QUALIFIES FOR AND HAS RECEIVED A LIFETIME LIBERTY  PASS
 PERMITTING  QUALIFIED VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES DISCOUNTED USE OF STATE
 PARKS, HISTORIC SITES,  AND  RECREATIONAL  FACILITIES  OPERATED  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  PARKS,  RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THE STATE
 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  SHALL,  UPON  SUCH  PERSON'S
 REQUEST  AND  SUBMISSION OF PROOF AS SET FORTH HEREIN, CONTAIN A DISTIN-
 GUISHING MARK, IN SUCH FORM AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DETERMINE,  INDI-
 CATING  THAT  SUCH  PERSON  IS A HOLDER OF A LIFETIME LIBERTY PASS. SUCH
 PROOF SHALL CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE
 DUTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214, A COPY OF SUCH PERSON'S
 LIFETIME LIBERTY PASS OR OTHER PROOF SATISFACTORY TO  THE  COMMISSIONER.
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE  FEES  FOR  THE  ISSUANCE OF SUCH
 LICENSES OR RENEWALS THEREOF TO PERSONS REQUESTING  A  LIFETIME  LIBERTY
 PASS  DISTINGUISHING  MARK  WHICH  ARE  DIFFERENT  FROM  FEES  OTHERWISE
 REQUIRED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR  A  DUPLICATION  OR
 AMENDMENT  OF  A  LICENSE  PRIOR  TO  ITS RENEWAL IF SUCH DUPLICATION OR
 AMENDMENT WAS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING TO SUCH LICENSE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD02033-01-5
 A. 605                              2
 
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
   (B-1) EVERY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO AN APPLI-
 CANT  WHO:  (I)  WAS  A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES;
 (II) RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR  WAS  RELEASED  THEREFROM  UNDER
 HONORABLE  CONDITIONS;  AND (III) QUALIFIES FOR AND HAS RECEIVED A LIFE-
 TIME  LIBERTY  PASS  PERMITTING  QUALIFIED  VETERANS  WITH  DISABILITIES
 DISCOUNTED  USE OF STATE PARKS, HISTORIC SITES, AND RECREATIONAL FACILI-
 TIES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC  PRESERVA-
 TION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL, UPON
 SUCH  PERSON'S  REQUEST  AND  SUBMISSION  OF  PROOF AS SET FORTH HEREIN,
 CONTAIN A DISTINGUISHING MARK, IN SUCH FORM AS  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 DETERMINE, INDICATING THAT SUCH PERSON IS A HOLDER OF A LIFETIME LIBERTY
 PASS.  SUCH PROOF SHALL CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE
 FROM ACTIVE DUTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214, A  COPY  OF
 SUCH  PERSON'S  LIFETIME LIBERTY PASS OR OTHER PROOF SATISFACTORY TO THE
 COMMISSIONER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR  THE  ISSUANCE
 OF SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARDS OR RENEWALS THEREOF TO PERSONS REQUESTING A
 LIFETIME  LIBERTY PASS DISTINGUISHING MARK WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM FEES
 OTHERWISE  REQUIRED;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,   THAT   NOTWITHSTANDING   THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR
 A DUPLICATION OR AMENDMENT  OF  AN  IDENTIFICATION  CARD  PRIOR  TO  ITS
 RENEWAL  IF  SUCH DUPLICATION OR AMENDMENT WAS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 ADDING A LIFETIME LIBERTY PASS DISTINGUISHING MARK TO  SUCH  IDENTIFICA-
 TION CARD.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.