Bill Text: NY S05864 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for a discount on driver's license renewal fees for senior citizens.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05864 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05864-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5864
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     July 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
         for a discount on driver's license renewal fees for senior citizens
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the  vehi-
    2  cle  and traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (v) to read
    3  as follows:
    4    (V) PROVIDED THAT FOR A SENIOR CITIZEN, THE RENEWAL FEE SHALL  BE  TEN
    5  PERCENT LESS THAN THE FEES OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH. FOR THE
    6  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE TERM "SENIOR CITIZEN" MEANS A PERSON
    7  AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    9  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13283-01-1