Bill Text: NY A08239 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Eliminates the photo image fee for veterans who have their license or identification cards amended with a veteran notation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-06 - held for consideration in transportation [A08239 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08239-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8239
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   November 6, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. KOLB -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  eliminating
         the photo image fee for veterans who have their license amended with a
         veteran notation
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 491 of the  vehi-
    2  cle  and  traffic  law,  as added by chapter 295 of the laws of 1983, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (d) There shall be no fee other than a fee prescribed in paragraph (c)
    5  of this subdivision for an amended identification card. THERE  SHALL  BE
    6  NO  FEE,  INCLUDING THE FEE PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
    7  SION, FOR AN AMENDED IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR AN  AMENDMENT  THAT  SOLELY
    8  ADDS  A NOTATION UPON SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT THE CARD HOLDER IS A
    9  VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF
   10  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS ARTICLE.
   11    S  2.  Subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section
   12  503 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 55 of the laws
   13  of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   14    (ii) If a knowledge test or [test] TESTS are required to be passed  to
   15  secure  an  amended  learner's permit or license, the fees for taking of
   16  such test or tests specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision  shall
   17  be  paid.  However,  if  an  amendment  is to add only an endorsement or
   18  endorsements which require only the  passing  of  a  knowledge  test  or
   19  tests,  a fee of five dollars shall be paid. If a road test or tests are
   20  required to be passed to secure an amended license, the fees for  taking
   21  such  test or tests specified in paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall
   22  be paid. If no knowledge or road test is required to secure  an  amended
   23  license,  the  fee  required  for  such  amended  license  shall be five
   24  dollars. In addition, if the fee for the  amended  learner's  permit  or
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11931-01-3
       A. 8239                             2
    1  license  is  greater  than  the  fee for the learner's permit or license
    2  being amended, the difference in fee shall be paid. If the amendment  is
    3  only to correct or update a driver's record, no fee other than the photo
    4  image  fee  shall  be  required.  NO FEE, INCLUDING THE PHOTO IMAGE FEE,
    5  SHALL BE CHARGED FOR AN AMENDMENT WHICH SOLELY ADDS A NOTATION UPON SUCH
    6  LICENSE THAT THE DRIVER IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES  ARMED  FORCES
    7  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH (A-1) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
    8  FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
    9    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
   10  have been in full force and effect on and after October 3, 2013.