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Assembly Bill A9277

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to fees for non-driver identification cards

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2025-A9277 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §491, V & T L

2025-A9277 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the waiver of fees for non-driver identification cards for certain individuals.

2025-A9277 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9277
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  fees  for
   non-driver identification cards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 491 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended  by  section  2 of part Q of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner [may] SHALL waive  the  payment  of
 fees required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant [is]:
   (a)  IS  an  incarcerated individual in an institution or correctional
 facility under the jurisdiction of a state department or agency[, or];
   (b) IS a victim of a crime and the identification card applied for  is
 a  replacement  for  one  that  was lost or destroyed as a result of the
 crime; OR
   (C) HAS AN INCOME WHICH IS BELOW TWO HUNDRED PERCENT  OF  THE  FEDERAL
 POVERTY  LINE.  SUCH  INCOME  SHALL  BE  PROVEN  BY PROVIDING ONE OF THE
 FOLLOWING:
   (I) A FILED FEDERAL OR STATE TAX RETURN FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR;
   (II) A LETTER FROM AN EMPLOYER DOCUMENTING THE DATES OF  WORK  OF  THE
 APPLICANT AND THE YEARLY PAY FROM THE EMPLOYER;
   (III)  A W-2 ANNUAL WAGE STATEMENT OR A FEDERAL TAX FORM 1099 FROM THE
 PREVIOUS TAX YEAR; OR
   (IV) A WAGE NOTICE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED  NINETY-
 FIVE  OF  THE  LABOR  LAW THAT DOCUMENTS EMPLOYMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
 WITHIN SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE THE APPLICANT  CERTIFIES  THAT  THEY
 BECAME ELIGIBLE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13776-01-5

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