Bill Text: NY S02825 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to proof required for application of the distinguishing mark on veterans driver's licenses and non-driver IDs; conforms to federal law including National guard members and reservists with 20 years service as veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02825 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02825-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2825
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  special
          designation for veterans on driver's licenses
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 1  of  section  504  of  the
     2  vehicle  and traffic law, as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2014,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who  was
     5  a member of the armed forces of the United States and received an honor-
     6  able  discharge or was released therefrom under honorable conditions, or
     7  was a member of the National guard or military reserves  who  served  at
     8  least  twenty  years  shall,  upon  his or her request and submission of
     9  proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in  such  form
    10  as  the  commissioner  shall  determine,  indicating that he or she is a
    11  veteran. Such proof  shall  consist  of  a  certificate  of  release  or
    12  discharge  from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214 ,
    13  or in the case of a National guard member an NGB22 Form indicating twen-
    14  ty years of service, or in the case of a military reservist  a  DD  Form
    15  256  and  a Notification of Eligibility for Retired Pay letter, or other
    16  proof satisfactory to  the  commissioner.  The  commissioner  shall  not
    17  require  fees  for  the issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to
    18  persons requesting a veteran distinguishing  mark  which  are  different
    19  from  fees  otherwise  required; provided, however, that notwithstanding
    20  the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall not require  fees
    21  for a duplication or amendment of a license prior to its renewal if such
    22  duplication  or amendment was solely for the purpose of adding a veteran
    23  distinguishing mark to such license.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08574-03-9
        S. 2825                             2
     1    § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle  and
     2  traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2014, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (b)  The  identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
     5  mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
     6  cle forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be  recorded
     7  and  shall  contain  such  other information and shall be issued in such
     8  form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
     9  tification card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the  age  of
    10  twenty-one  years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement
    11  "UNDER 21  YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or  format.
    12  Provided,  further, however, that every identification card issued to an
    13  applicant who was a member of the armed forces of the United States  and
    14  received  an  honorable discharge or was released therefrom under honor-
    15  able conditions, or was a member  of  the  National  guard  or  military
    16  reserves who served at least twenty years shall, upon his or her request
    17  and  submission  of  proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing
    18  mark, in such form as the commissioner shall determine, indicating  that
    19  he  or  she  is  a veteran. Such proof shall consist of a certificate of
    20  release or discharge from active duty including but not limited to a  DD
    21  Form  214, or in the case of a National guard member an NGB22 Form indi-
    22  cating twenty years of service, or in the case of a military reservist a
    23  DD Form 256 and a Notification of Eligibility for Retired Pay letter, or
    24  other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not
    25  require fees for the issuance of such identification cards  or  renewals
    26  thereof  to  persons  under  twenty-one years of age which are different
    27  from the fees required for  the  issuance  of  identification  cards  or
    28  renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years of age or over, nor fees to
    29  persons  requesting  a  veteran  distinguishing mark which are different
    30  from fees that would otherwise  be  required.  Provided,  however,  that
    31  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  section four hundred ninety-one of
    32  this article, the commissioner shall not require any fees for the dupli-
    33  cation or amendment of an identification card prior to  its  renewal  if
    34  such  duplication  or  amendment  was solely for the purpose of adding a
    35  veteran distinguishing mark to such identification card.
    36    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    37  have become a law.