Bill Text: NY A03476 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to issue temporary visitor's driver's licenses to certain foreign nationals who are unable to present documentation from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services authorizing the person's presence in this country.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-09 - enacting clause stricken [A03476 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03476-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3476
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CASTRO, CRESPO, MOYA -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
         he issuance of temporary visitor's driver's licenses
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 501-c to read as follows:
    3    S 501-C. TEMPORARY VISITOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE. 1. (A) THE COMMISSIONER
    4  MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY VISITOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE TO A  FOREIGN  NATIONAL
    5  WHO:
    6    (I) RESIDES IN THIS STATE;
    7    (II) IS INELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; AND
    8    (III)  PRESENTS  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER DOCUMENTATION, ISSUED BY UNITED
    9  STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES,  AUTHORIZING  THE  PERSON'S
   10  PRESENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
   11    (B)  THE COMMISSIONER MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY VISITOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE
   12  TO AN APPLICANT WHO:
   13    (I) HAS RESIDED IN THIS STATE FOR A PERIOD IN EXCESS OF ONE YEAR;
   14    (II) IS INELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; AND
   15    (III) IS UNABLE TO PRESENT DOCUMENTATION ISSUED BY THE  UNITED  STATES
   16  CITIZENSHIP  AND  IMMIGRATION SERVICES AUTHORIZING THE PERSON'S PRESENCE
   17  IN THIS COUNTRY PROVIDED THAT SUCH APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A VALID  UNEX-
   18  PIRED  PASSPORT  FROM  THE APPLICANT'S COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP OR A VALID
   19  UNEXPIRED CONSULAR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT ISSUED BY A CONSULATE OF THAT
   20  COUNTRY.
   21    (C) APPLICANTS FOR A TEMPORARY  VISITOR'S  DRIVER'S  LICENSE  WHO  ARE
   22  UNDER  EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION SHALL BE SUBJECT
   23  TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE AND FIVE HUNDRED ONE-B  OF
   24  THIS ARTICLE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05428-01-3
       A. 3476                             2
    1    2.  (A)  A TEMPORARY VISITOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH
    2  (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VALID FOR  THREE  YEARS,
    3  OR FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME THE INDIVIDUAL IS AUTHORIZED TO REMAIN IN THIS
    4  COUNTRY, WHICHEVER ENDS SOONER.
    5    (B)  A TEMPORARY VISITOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED UNDER PARAGRAPH (B)
    6  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE VALID FOR A PERIOD OF  THREE
    7  YEARS.
    8    3.  A  TEMPORARY  VISITOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION
    9  MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR PROOF OF  THE  HOLDER'S  IDENTITY.  A  TEMPORARY
   10  VISITOR'S  DRIVER'S  LICENSE  ISSUED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL CONTAIN A
   11  NOTICE ON ITS FACE, IN CAPITALIZED LETTERS, STATING THAT  THE  TEMPORARY
   12  VISITOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR PROOF OF IDENTITY.
   13    4.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT ANY RULE OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO
   14  IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION, INCLUDING RULES OR REGULATIONS:
   15    (A) REGARDING THE DESIGN AND CONTENT OF THE TEMPORARY VISITOR'S  DRIV-
   16  ER'S LICENSES;
   17    (B) ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION AND RESIDENCY OF
   18  AN  INDIVIDUAL  APPLYING  UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
   19  SECTION;
   20    (C) DESIGNATING ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE THAT AN APPLICANT IS NOT  ELIGIBLE
   21  FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER;
   22    (D)  REGARDING  THE  ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY VISITOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSES
   23  FOR APPLICANTS WHO ARE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR  YOUNGER  IN  ACCORDANCE
   24  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   25    (E) REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY VISITOR'S LEARNER'S PERMITS IN
   26  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   27    5.  ANY  PERSON TO WHOM THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A TEMPORARY VISI-
   28  TOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  ALL  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
   29  ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND ANY OTHER
   30  LAWS  OF  THE STATE PERTAINING TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF MOTOR
   31  VEHICLES TO THE SAME EXTENT AS ANY  PERSON  ISSUED  A  DRIVER'S  LICENSE
   32  UNDER SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   33    6.  A  TEMPORARY  VISITOR'S  DRIVER'S LICENSES SHALL BE INVALID IF THE
   34  HOLDER IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A PROOF  OF  LIABILITY  INSURANCE  UPON  THE
   35  REQUEST OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
   36    7.  TEMPORARY  VISITOR'S  DRIVER'S  LICENSES  SHALL  BE  ISSUED FROM A
   37  CENTRAL LOCATION AFTER THE COMMISSIONER  HAS  VERIFIED  THE  INFORMATION
   38  PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
   39    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   40  it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
   41  ly  the  addition  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
   42  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized  and
   43  directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.