Bill Text: NY S02554 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of driver's licenses and emergency medical personnel designation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - PRINT NUMBER 2554B [S02554 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02554-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2554--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to issuance of driver's licenses and emergency medical personnel designation; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as separately amended by chapters 465 and 487 of the laws of 2012, 3 is REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added to read as follows: 4 1. Application for license. Application for a driver's license shall 5 be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted 6 with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi- 7 ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. Acceptable 8 proof of identity shall include, but not be limited to foreign passports 9 (visa stamps are not required), valid documentation issued by USCIS and 10 consular identification documents. Eligibility for a drivers' license 11 shall not be conditioned on a particular immigration status. The commis- 12 sioner may also provide that the application procedure shall include the 13 taking of a photo image or images of the applicant in accordance with 14 rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the 15 commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide his or her 16 social security number where such applicant is a legal immigrant, or 17 individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) or a letter or form 18 from the United States social security administration that states that 19 the applicant is not eligible or submit a sworn statement under the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07004-03-6
