Bill Text: NY S04212 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to waiving all additional fees associated with the issuance of an enhanced driver's license if such license is required within thirty days of the issuance or reissuance of a standard driver's license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04212 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04212-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4212

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 6, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  waiving
          certain  fees  associated  with  the  issuance of an enhanced driver's
          license

          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 503 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1986 and paragraph (i)  as
     3  amended  by  chapter  322  of  the  laws  of 2021, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    3. Waiver of fee. (a) The commissioner may waive the payment  of  fees
     6  required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
     7    (i)  is  an incarcerated individual in an institution under the juris-
     8  diction of a state department or agency, or
     9    (ii) is a victim of crime and the driver's license or learner's permit
    10  applied for is a replacement for one that was lost  or  destroyed  as  a
    11  result of the crime.
    12    (b)  The  commissioner  shall waive any additional fee associated with
    13  the request for an enhanced driver's license if  such  request  is  made
    14  within  thirty days of the issuance or reissuance of a standard driver's
    15  license. For purposes of this paragraph, "additional fee" shall mean any
    16  fee in excess of the standard fee assessed for  such  enhanced  driver's
    17  license.
    18    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    19  have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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