Assembly Bill A6502

                             
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                                   6502
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  R. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  additional
   requirements for licensing certain drivers and motorcyclists
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 502 of the  vehi-
 cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 215 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) An applicant for a class D or M license shall be at least eighteen
 years of age, except that an application shall be accepted if the appli-
 cant is at least seventeen years of age and submits acceptable proof  of
 successful  completion  of  a  driver  education course, approved by the
 state education department and the commissioner, and proof of completion
 of the minimum hours of supervised driving as required in paragraph  (d)
 of  this  subdivision. AN APPLICANT FOR A CLASS D OR M LICENSE WHO IS AT
 LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL FURTHER BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ACCEPTA-
 BLE PROOF OF AT LEAST SIX HOURS EXPERIENCE  OPERATING  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE
 UNDER  THE SUPERVISION OF A DRIVING SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION SEVEN-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 502 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E)  AN  APPLICANT  FOR  A CLASS DJ OR MJ LICENSE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 SUBMIT ACCEPTABLE PROOF OF AT LEAST SIX  HOURS  EXPERIENCE  OPERATING  A
 MOTOR  VEHICLE  UNDER  THE  SUPERVISION  OF  A DRIVING SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR  OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   §  3.  Subdivision  4 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
   (I) SUPERVISED DRIVER TRAINING CERTIFICATE FEE. THE FEE FOR  A  SUPER-
 VISED DRIVER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO AN ENTI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 TY  THAT  IS  APPROVED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER TO OFFER SUPERVISED DRIVER
 TRAINING, AS REQUIRED IN  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION  FOR  A  CLASS  D  OR M LICENSE APPLICANT OR IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF
 SUBDIVISION  TWO OF THIS SECTION FOR A CLASS DJ OR MJ LICENSE APPLICANT,
 FOR ISSUANCE BY SUCH ENTITY TO A PRE-LICENSEE UPON THEIR  COMPLETION  OF
 SUCH TRAINING, SHALL BE ONE DOLLAR. SUCH FEE SHALL BE PAID BY SUCH ENTI-
 TY AND SHALL NOT BE CHARGED TO A PRE-LICENSEE IN ANY MANNER.
   § 4. Subdivision 7-a of section 394 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 644 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
   7-a.  Certification  of driving time. The commissioner shall establish
 by regulation a certification process by drivers' schools of the  amount
 of time a holder of a learner's permit has spent operating a motor vehi-
 cle  or  motorcycle  while  under the immediate supervision of a driving
 instructor holding an instructor's certificate issued pursuant to subdi-
 vision eight of this section.  A  certificate  OF  DRIVING  TIME  issued
 pursuant  to  this  [section] SUBDIVISION shall be deemed to be proof of
 all or a portion of the supervised  driving  experience  required  under
 certification  pursuant to paragraph (C), (d), OR (E) of subdivision two
 of section five hundred two of this chapter.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations   necessary    for    the
 implementation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized  to be
 made on or before such effective date.