Relates to the length of time that a person on a visa can hold a New York state driver's license or learner's permit; provides that driver's license or learner's permit shall expire upon the expiration of a visa or upon the date the driver's license or learner's permit would normally expire whichever date first occurs.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6900
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 18, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the length
of time that a person on a visa can hold a driver's license, learner's
permit or non-driver identification card
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) WHENEVER A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO
THIS ARTICLE, OR A PRIVILEGE OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE OR OF OBTAIN-
ING SUCH A LICENSE OR PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO A NONCITIZEN WHO HAS
BEEN ISSUED A VISA, SUCH DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT SHALL
EXPIRE UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE VISA OR UPON THE DATE THE DRIVER'S
LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT WOULD OTHERWISE EXPIRE UNDER THIS CHAPTER,
WHICHEVER DATE FIRST OCCURS. IF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S
PERMIT OF A NONCITIZEN WITH A VISA EXPIRES BEFORE THE NONCITIZEN'S VISA
EXPIRES THEN THE NONCITIZEN CAN RENEW SUCH LICENSE OR PERMIT UPON SHOW-
ING THE DEPARTMENT PROOF OF A VALID VISA.
§ 2. Section 491 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-A. PERIOD OF VALIDITY; VISA. WHENEVER AN IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED
BY THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO A NONCITIZEN WHO HAS BEEN ISSUED A
VISA, SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL EXPIRE UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE
VISA OR UPON THE DATE THE IDENTIFICATION CARD WOULD OTHERWISE EXPIRE
UNDER THIS CHAPTER, WHICHEVER DATE FIRST OCCURS. IF THE IDENTIFICATION
CARD OF A NONCITIZEN WITH A VISA EXPIRES BEFORE THE NONCITIZEN'S VISA
EXPIRES THEN THE NONCITIZEN CAN RENEW SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD UPON
SHOWING THE DEPARTMENT PROOF OF A VALID VISA.
§ 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.
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