Bill Text: NY A06418 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for driver's license renewals for spouses or minor dependents of persons in military service.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - enacting clause stricken [A06418 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06418-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6418
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS, GIBSON, SPANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Transpor-
         tation
       AN ACT to amend the New York state defense emergency act, in relation to
         driver's license renewals for spouses and children of persons in mili-
         tary service
         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 116 of chapter 784 of the laws  of
    2  1951,  constituting the New York state defense emergency act, as amended
    3  by chapter 780 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
    4    3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  a  license  to  drive,
    5  issued pursuant to the provisions of article nineteen of the vehicle and
    6  traffic  law,  which would expire prior to either of the dates set forth
    7  in this subdivision, of any person, OR  ANY  SPOUSE  OR  CHILD  OF  SUCH
    8  PERSON, who was in military service on or after June twenty-fifth, nine-
    9  teen  hundred  fifty,  or  who  thereafter  shall  have entered military
   10  service, shall expire six months from [either  the  expiration  date  of
   11  this  act or] the [holder's] ENLISTED PERSON'S separation from service[,
   12  whichever occurs first]. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivi-
   13  sion, the commissioner of motor vehicles may refuse to renew the expired
   14  driver's license of any person who has failed to notify the commissioner
   15  of [his] SUCH entry into military service.
   16    S 2. 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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