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Senate Bill S2600

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Waives certain licensure fees for veterans

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2025-S2600 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §503, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5188
2019-2020: S582
2021-2022: S3951
2023-2024: S4653, S9467

2025-S2600 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives certain licensure fees for veterans.

2025-S2600 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2600 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2600
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  licensure
   fees for veterans
 
   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 503 of the  vehi-
 cle  and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (v) to read
 as follows:
   (V) THE RENEWAL FEE FOR A LICENSE FOR ANY UNITED STATES VETERAN  SHALL
 BE  WAIVED. THE TERM VETERAN SHALL MEAN A PERSON, OF ANY GENDER, WHO HAS
 SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL  SERVICE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES
 DURING  A  WAR  IN  WHICH  THE  UNITED  STATES ENGAGED, AND WHO HAS BEEN
 RELEASED FROM SUCH SERVICE OTHERWISE THAN BY DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE,  OR
 WHO HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED TO THE RESERVE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06904-01-5

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