Bill Text: NY S02714 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring an updated signature and photo image for renewal and display on a renewed license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02714 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02714-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2714

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 22, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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  renewal  of
          drivers' licenses

          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,  an  updated  signature  and  [if
    14  required  by  the  commissioner,]  a photo image of the applicant, which
    15  shall be displayed on the applicant's new license, 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 thirtieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.