S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 11, 2015
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       Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 requiring an
         updated photo for the renewal of a driver's 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 section 3 of part K of chapter 59 of
    3  the laws of 2009, is 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,  and [if
   10  required by the commissioner] a photo image of  the  applicant  in  such
   11  numbers  and  form as the commissioner shall prescribe.  In addition, an
   12  applicant for renewal of  a  license  containing  a  hazardous  material
   13  endorsement  shall  pass  an examination to retain such endorsement. The
   14  commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials
   15  endorsement,  comply  with  the  requirements  imposed  upon  states  by
   16  sections  383.141  and  1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regu-
   17  lations. A renewal of such license shall be issued by  the  commissioner
   18  upon  approval of such application, except that no such license shall be
   19  issued if its issuance would be  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of
   20  section  five hundred sixteen of this title, and except that the commis-
   21  sioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant is  the  holder
   22  of  a  currently  valid  or renewable license to drive issued by another
   23  state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such license.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   25  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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