Bill Text: NY A10233 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes valid, unexpired national identity cards to be included as acceptable proofs of age and identity for applications for driver's licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-27 - referred to transportation [A10233 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10233-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10233

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 27, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to  allowing
          national identity cards to be included as acceptable proofs of age and
          identity for applications for driver's licenses; and to repeal certain
          provisions of such law relating thereto

          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 502 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  Application  for license. Application for a driver's license shall
     5  be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be  submitted
     6  with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
     7  ty,  age,  and  fitness  as  may  be  required by the commissioner. With
     8  respect to a non-commercial driver's license or learner's  permit  which
     9  does  not  meet federal standards for identification, in addition to the
    10  acceptable proofs of age and identity approved by the commissioner as of
    11  January first, two thousand nineteen, acceptable proof of identity shall
    12  also include, but not be limited to, a valid, unexpired foreign passport
    13  or national identity card issued by the applicant's country of  citizen-
    14  ship  (which shall also be eligible as proof of age), a valid, unexpired
    15  consular identification document issued by a consulate from  the  appli-
    16  cant's  country of citizenship, or a valid foreign driver's license that
    17  includes a photo image of  the  applicant  and  which  is  unexpired  or
    18  expired  for  less than twenty-four months of its date of expiration, as
    19  primary forms of such proof. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall
    20  be deemed to preclude the commissioner from approving additional  proofs
    21  of  identity and age.  The commissioner may also provide that the appli-
    22  cation procedure shall include the taking of a photo image or images  of
    23  the applicant in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the
    24  commissioner.  In addition, the commissioner also shall require that the
    25  applicant provide his or her social security number or, in lieu thereof,
    26  with respect to an application for a non-commercial driver's license  or

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15912-01-0
        A. 10233                            2

     1  learner's  permit  which does not meet federal standards for identifica-
     2  tion, an affidavit signed by such applicant  that  they  have  not  been
     3  issued  a  social  security  number. The commissioner also shall provide
     4  space  on  the  application so that the applicant may request a notation
     5  upon such license that he or she is a veteran of the United States armed
     6  forces, and space on the application so that the applicant may  register
     7  in  the  New  York  state  organ and tissue donor registry under section
     8  forty-three hundred ten of the public  health  law  with  the  following
     9  stated on the application in clear and conspicuous type:
    10    "You  must  fill out the following section: Would you like to be added
    11  to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes'  or  'skip  this  ques-
    12  tion'."
    13    The  commissioner  of  health shall not maintain records of any person
    14  who checks "skip this question". Except where the application is made in
    15  person or electronically, failure to check a box shall  not  impair  the
    16  validity of an application, and failure to check "yes" or checking "skip
    17  this  question" shall not be construed to imply a wish not to donate. In
    18  the case of an applicant under eighteen years  of  age,  checking  "yes"
    19  shall  not constitute consent to make an anatomical gift or registration
    20  in the donate life registry, except as otherwise  provided  pursuant  to
    21  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section forty-
    22  three hundred one of the public  health  law.  Where  an  applicant  has
    23  previously  consented  to  make  an anatomical gift or registered in the
    24  donate life registry, checking "skip this question" or failing to  check
    25  a  box  shall  not  impair that consent or registration. In addition, an
    26  applicant for a commercial driver's license who will operate  a  commer-
    27  cial motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that such appli-
    28  cant  meets  the  requirements to operate a commercial motor vehicle, as
    29  set forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the  code  of
    30  federal  regulations,  and  all  regulations  promulgated  by the United
    31  States secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials  trans-
    32  portation  act.  In  addition,  an  applicant  for a commercial driver's
    33  license shall submit a medical certificate at such intervals as required
    34  by the federal motor carrier safety improvement act  of  1999  and  Part
    35  383.71(h)  of  title  49  of the code of federal regulations relating to
    36  medical certification and in a manner prescribed  by  the  commissioner.
    37  For  purposes  of  this  section  and  sections five hundred three, five
    38  hundred ten-a, and five hundred ten-aa of this title, the terms "medical
    39  certificate" and "medical certification" shall mean a form substantially
    40  in compliance with the form set forth in Part 391.43(h) of title  49  of
    41  the code of federal regulations. Upon a determination that the holder of
    42  a commercial driver's license has made any false statement, with respect
    43  to  the application for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such
    44  license.
    45    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
    46  amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is REPEALED.
    47    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.