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                                  9452

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 1, 2012
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Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
  for the designation of veterans on drivers' licenses

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the  vehicle  and  traffic
law,  as  amended  by  section 2 of part CC of chapter 58 of the laws of
2011, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Application for license. Application for a driver's  license  shall
be  made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. The commis-
sioner may also provide that the application procedure shall include the
taking of a photo image or images of the applicant  in  accordance  with
rules  and  regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the
commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide  his  or  her
social  security number and provide space on the application so that the
applicant may register in the New York  state  organ  and  tissue  donor
registry under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law.
FURTHERMORE,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE SPACE ON THE APPLICATION SO
THAT THE APPLICANT MAY, UPON SUBMISSION OF A COPY OF HIS OR HER DD  FORM
214,  APPLY FOR NOTATION ON SUCH APPLICANT'S LICENSE AS A VETERAN OF THE
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.  In  addition,  an  applicant  for  a
commercial  driver's license who will operate a commercial motor vehicle
in interstate commerce shall  certify  that  such  applicant  meets  the
requirements  to  operate  a  commercial  motor vehicle, as set forth in
public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code of federal  regu-
lations,  and all regulations promulgated by the United States secretary
of transportation under the hazardous materials transportation  act.  In
addition,  an applicant for a commercial driver's license shall submit a
medical certificate at such intervals as required by the  federal  motor
carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of
the code of federal regulations relating to medical certification and in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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a  manner  prescribed  by the commissioner. For purposes of this section
and sections five hundred three and five hundred ten-a  of  this  title,
the  term  "medical  certificate"  shall  mean  a  form substantially in
compliance  with the form set forth in Part 391.43(h) of title 49 of the
code of federal regulations. Upon a determination that the holder  of  a
commercial  driver's  license has made any false statement, with respect
to the application for such license, the commissioner shall revoke  such
license.
  S  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and
traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 568 and 639 of  the  laws
of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Every  license  or renewal thereof shall contain a distinguishing
mark and adequate space upon  which  an  anatomical  gift,  pursuant  to
section  forty-three hundred ten of the public health law, by the licen-
see shall be recorded and shall contain such other information and shall
be issued in such form as the commissioner  shall  determine;  provided,
however,  every  license or renewal thereof issued to a person under the
age of twenty-one years shall have prominently  imprinted  upon  it  the
statement  "UNDER  21  YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably distinctive print or
format; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT EVERY LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF  ISSUED
TO A PERSON WHO PROVIDES SUCH PROOF, AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE
TO BE SUITABLE INCLUDING A DD FORM 214, THAT SUCH PERSON IS A VETERAN OF
THE  ARMED  FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL HAVE PROMINENTLY IMPRINTED
UPON IT THE STATEMENT "U.S. VETERAN"; provided further,  however,  every
license  or renewal thereof issued to a person making an anatomical gift
shall have prominently printed upon the front of such license or renewal
thereof the statement "ORGAN DONOR"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or
format. The commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such
licenses or renewals thereof to persons under twenty-one years of age or
to  persons  making an anatomical gift which are different from the fees
required for the issuance of licenses or  renewals  thereof  to  persons
twenty-one  years  of age or over or to persons not making an anatomical
gift.
  S 3.  This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.