A9611-2011 Actions

• Jun 20, 2012: substituted by s6799
• Jun 20, 2012: rules report cal.517
• Jun 20, 2012: reported
• Jun 6, 2012: reported referred to rules
• Apr 18, 2012: reported referred to ways and means
• Mar 20, 2012: referred to transportation

A9611-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         9611
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 March 20, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SWEENEY, BRINDISI, ROBINSON, SCHIMMINGER, SCAR
 BOROUGH, ABBATE, GALEF, P. RIVERA, WEISENBERG, COLTON, CLARK, GUNTHER,
 REILLY, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  GLICK,  LUPARDO,
 MAGEE,  MARKEY,  McENENY, NOLAN, ROSENTHAL, SIMANOWITZ, THIELE -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  forms  of
 identification cards and licenses of veterans
 

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

 

Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph  (a)  and  paragraph  (b)  of
 subdivision  3  of  section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law, subpara
 graph (i) of paragraph (a) as amended by chapter  235  of  the  laws  of
 2002,  and  paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 600 of the laws of 1989,
 are amended to read as follows:

 (i) The commissioner shall upon submission of an appropriate  applica
 tion,  upon payment of the prescribed fee, and upon being satisfied that
 the person described is the applicant and that such applicant meets  the
 requirements set forth in subdivision two of this section, issue to such
 applicant  a  nontransferable  identification  card.    In addition, the
 commissioner also shall require that an applicant for an  identification
 card  or  renewal thereof provide his or her social security number. THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE SPACE SO THAT  AN  APPLICANT  MAY  REQUEST  A
 NOTATION  UPON  SUCH  IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF
 THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
 (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing  number  or
 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti
 cle  forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
 and shall contain such other information and shall  be  issued  in  such
 form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden
 tification  card  or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of
 twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the  statement
 "UNDER  21  YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or format.
 PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT EVERY IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED TO  AN
 APPLICANT  WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14954-01-2
 
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 RECEIVED ON HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM  UNDER  HONOR
 ABLE  CONDITIONS  SHALL, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST AND SUBMISSION OF PROOF
 AS SET FORTH HEREIN, CONTAIN A DISTINGUISHING MARK, IN SUCH FORM AS  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DETERMINE,  INDICATING THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN.
 SUCH PROOF SHALL CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR  DISCHARGE  FROM
 ACTIVE  DUTY  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214 OR OTHER PROOF
 SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER. The  commissioner  shall  not  require
 fees  for  the issuance of such identification cards or renewals thereof
 to persons under twenty-one years of age which are  different  from  the
 fees required for the issuance of identification cards or renewals ther
 eof  to  persons  twenty-one  years  of age or over, NOR FEES TO PERSONS
 REQUESTING A VETERAN NOTATION WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM FEES  THAT  WOULD
 OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED.
 

S  2.  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,
 AND SPACE SO THAT THE APPLICANT MAY REQUEST A NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE
 THAT  HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. In addi
 tion, 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 regulations, and all regulations promulgated  by  the  United
 States  secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials trans
 portation 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 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  deter
 mination  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  3.  Subdivision  1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:

 (A-1) EVERY LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO AN APPLICANT WHO  WAS
 A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND RECEIVED AN HONOR
 ABLE  DISCHARGE  OR  WAS  RELEASED  THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS
 SHALL, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST AND SUBMISSION  OF  PROOF  AS  SET  FORTH
 HEREIN,  CONTAIN A DISTINGUISHING MARK, IN SUCH FORM AS THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL DETERMINE, INDICATING THAT HE OR SHE IS A  VETERAN.    SUCH  PROOF
 SHALL  CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY
 
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 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214 OR OTHER  PROOF  SATISFACTORY
 TO  THE  COMMISSIONER.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR THE
 ISSUANCE OF SUCH LICENSES OR RENEWALS THEREOF TO  PERSONS  REQUESTING  A
 VETERAN NOTATION WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM FEES OTHERWISE REQUIRED.
 

S  4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.

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