Bill Text: NY S08333 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the waiver of the fee for a replacement driver's license or identification card if the replacement driver's license or identification card is requested solely for the purpose of designating that the applicant is an organ donor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-01 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08333 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08333-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8333
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 1, 2018
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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 providing
          for the waiver of  the fee for a replacement driver's license or iden-
          tification card if the replacement driver's license or  identification
          card  is  requested  solely  for  the  purpose of designating that the
          applicant is an organ donor
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1986, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    3.  Waiver  of  fee.  The  commissioner  may waive the payment of fees
     5  required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
     6    (i) is an inmate in an institution under the jurisdiction of  a  state
     7  department or agency, or
     8    (ii) is a victim of crime and the driver's license or learner's permit
     9  applied  for  is  a  replacement for one that was lost or destroyed as a
    10  result of the crime, or
    11    (iii) is applying for the replacement driver's license solely for  the
    12  purpose  of  designating  on  the  applicant's driver's license that the
    13  applicant is an organ donor.
    14    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 491 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
    15  added  by  section  1  of  part  H of chapter 58 of the laws of 2017, is
    16  amended to read as follows:
    17    3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner  may  waive  the  payment  of  fees
    18  required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
    19    (i)  is a victim of a crime and the identification card applied for is
    20  a replacement for one that was lost or destroyed  as  a  result  of  the
    21  crime, or
    22    (ii)  is  applying  for the replacement identification card solely for
    23  the purpose of designating on the applicant's identification  card  that
    24  the applicant is an organ donor.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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