Bill Text: NY A01443 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires proof of an online defensive driving class for renewal of a drivers' license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A01443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01443-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1443

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring an
          online defensive driving class for renewal of a drivers' license

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi-
     2  cle  and  traffic  law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) A license issued pursuant to  subdivision  five  of  this  section
     5  shall  be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless such
     6  license is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be  renewed
     7  by  submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by law,
     8  proofs of prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision  prescribed  by
     9  the  commissioner,  the  applicant's  social security number or, in lieu
    10  thereof, with respect to an application for  a  non-commercial  driver's
    11  license  or  learner's  permit which does not meet federal standards for
    12  identification, an affidavit signed by such applicant that they have not
    13  been issued a social security number, proof of a completed online defen-
    14  sive driving course as approved by the commissioner, and if required  by
    15  the  commissioner,  a  photo  image of the applicant in such numbers and
    16  form as the commissioner shall prescribe. In addition, an applicant  for
    17  renewal  of  a license containing a hazardous material endorsement shall
    18  pass an examination to retain such endorsement. The commissioner  shall,
    19  with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials endorsement, comply
    20  with  the  requirements  imposed  upon  states  by  sections 383.141 and
    21  1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal  regulations.  A  renewal  of
    22  such  license  shall be issued by the commissioner upon approval of such
    23  application, except that no such license shall be issued if its issuance
    24  would be inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  section  five  hundred
    25  sixteen  of  this  title, and except that the commissioner may refuse to

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  renew such license if the applicant is the holder of a  currently  valid
     2  or renewable license to drive issued by another state or foreign country
     3  unless the applicant surrenders such license.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     5  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     6  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     7  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
     8  completed on or before such effective date.