Bill Text: NY A07468 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7468 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that the NYS driver's license of a resident from a foreign country, who has been issued a visa in this state, shall expire upon the expiration of the visa.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - held for consideration in transportation [A07468 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07468-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7468
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 9, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  length
         of time that a person on a visa can hold a driver's license, learner's
         permit or non-driver identification card
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
    3    (C) WHENEVER A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO
    4  THIS ARTICLE, OR A PRIVILEGE OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE OR OF  OBTAIN-
    5  ING  SUCH  A  LICENSE OR PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO AN ALIEN WHO HAS BEEN
    6  ISSUED A VISA, SUCH DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S  PERMIT  SHALL  EXPIRE
    7  UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE VISA OR UPON THE DATE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
    8  LEARNER'S  PERMIT  WOULD  OTHERWISE EXPIRE UNDER THIS CHAPTER, WHICHEVER
    9  DATE FIRST OCCURS.  IF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S  PERMIT  OF  AN
   10  ALIEN WITH A VISA EXPIRES BEFORE THE ALIEN'S VISA EXPIRES THEN THE ALIEN
   11  CAN  RENEW SUCH LICENSE OR PERMIT UPON SHOWING THE DEPARTMENT PROOF OF A
   12  VALID VISA.
   13    S 2. Section 491 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
   14  new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   15    1-A. PERIOD OF VALIDITY; VISA.  WHENEVER AN IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED
   16  BY THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO AN ALIEN  WHO  HAS  BEEN  ISSUED  A
   17  VISA,  SUCH  IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL EXPIRE UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE
   18  VISA OR UPON THE DATE THE IDENTIFICATION  CARD  WOULD  OTHERWISE  EXPIRE
   19  UNDER  THIS CHAPTER, WHICHEVER DATE FIRST OCCURS.  IF THE IDENTIFICATION
   20  CARD OF AN ALIEN WITH A VISA EXPIRES BEFORE  THE  ALIEN'S  VISA  EXPIRES
   21  THEN  THE  ALIEN  CAN  RENEW  SUCH  IDENTIFICATION CARD UPON SHOWING THE
   22  DEPARTMENT PROOF OF A VALID VISA.
   23    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   24  have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
   25  addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
   26  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
   27  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10362-01-9