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Senate Bill S5914

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to waiving certain fees associated with the issuance of an enhanced driver's license

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2025-S5914 (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: S8280
2019-2020: S3178
2021-2022: S4928
2023-2024: S4212

2025-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to waiving all additional fees associated with the issuance of an enhanced driver's license if such license is required within thirty days of the issuance or reissuance of a standard driver's license.

2025-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5914
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  waiving
   certain  fees  associated  with  the  issuance of an enhanced driver's
   license

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1986 and paragraph (i)  as
 amended  by  chapter  322  of  the  laws  of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Waiver of fee. (A) The commissioner may waive the payment  of  fees
 required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
   (i)  is  an incarcerated individual in an institution under the juris-
 diction of a state department or agency, or
   (ii) is a victim of crime and the driver's license or learner's permit
 applied for is a replacement for one that was lost  or  destroyed  as  a
 result of the crime.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL WAIVE ANY ADDITIONAL FEE ASSOCIATED WITH
 THE REQUEST FOR AN ENHANCED DRIVER'S LICENSE IF  SUCH  REQUEST  IS  MADE
 WITHIN  THIRTY DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE OR REISSUANCE OF A STANDARD DRIVER'S
 LICENSE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "ADDITIONAL FEE" SHALL MEAN ANY
 FEE IN EXCESS OF THE STANDARD FEE ASSESSED FOR  SUCH  ENHANCED  DRIVER'S
 LICENSE.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD09889-01-5

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