Bill Text: NY A08118 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8118 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Directs that agents issuing driver's licenses shall accept as proof of identification a copy of the federal documents filed by a foreign national with the federal government to apply for federal immigrant status classified as Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A08118 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08118-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8118
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 24, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to documenta-
         tion required to obtain a driver's license
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  508 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    3    6. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  FIVE
    4  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS  ARTICLE WHICH REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF A SOCIAL
    5  SECURITY CARD, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
    6  WHICH  DIRECT  THAT  AGENTS  ISSUING  LICENSES  UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL
    7  ACCEPT AS PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION A COPY OF THE FEDERAL DOCUMENTS  FILED
    8  BY  A  FOREIGN NATIONAL WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL
    9  IMMIGRANT STATUS CLASSIFIED AS REGISTERED PROVISIONAL  IMMIGRANT  (RPI).
   10  THE LICENSE ISSUED SHALL BE A TEMPORARY LICENSE WHICH SHALL BE IDENTICAL
   11  TO  A  STANDARD LICENSE AND SHALL INCLUDE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE APPLICANT.
   12  SUCH TEMPORARY LICENSE SHALL BE VALID FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, PROVIDED
   13  THAT THE COMMISSIONER MAY GRANT AN EXTENSION  OF  SUCH  PERIOD,  NOT  TO
   14  EXCEED  SIX MONTHS, BASED UPON DELAYS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ISSU-
   15  ING SUCH STATUS.
   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.
                                                                  LBD11610-01-3