Bill Text: NY S05955 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits the imposition of any additional fee for the issuance of a driver's license or non-driver identification card with a veteran's distinguishing mark.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8231A [S05955 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05955-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5955--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   October 16, 2013
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       Introduced by Sens. BALL, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BONACIC, CARLUCCI, DeFRANCIS-
         CO,  FELDER,  GALLIVAN,  GOLDEN,  HANNON,  LARKIN,  LIBOUS, MARCHIONE,
         MAZIARZ, NOZZOLIO, O'MARA, RITCHIE,  ROBACH,  SAVINO,  SEWARD,  SMITH,
         VALESKY  --  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be
         committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on
         Transportation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.  8  --  reported
         favorably  from  said  committee  and  committed  to  the Committee on
         Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
         the imposition of any additional fee for  a  veteran's  distinguishing
         mark on a non-driver identification card or 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. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the  vehi-
    2  cle  and  traffic law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing  number  or
    5  mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
    6  cle  forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
    7  and shall contain such other information and shall  be  issued  in  such
    8  form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
    9  tification  card  or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of
   10  twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the  statement
   11  "UNDER  21  YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or format.
   12  Provided, further, however, that every identification card issued to  an
   13  applicant  who was a member of the armed forces of the United States and
   14  received [on] AN honorable discharge or  was  released  therefrom  under
   15  honorable  conditions  shall,  upon his or her request and submission of
   16  proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in  such  form
   17  as  the  commissioner  shall  determine,  indicating that he or she is a
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11929-06-4
       S. 5955--A                          2
    1  veteran. Such proof  shall  consist  of  a  certificate  of  release  or
    2  discharge from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or
    3  other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not
    4  require  fees  for the issuance of such identification cards or renewals
    5  thereof to persons under twenty-one years of  age  which  are  different
    6  from  the  fees  required  for  the  issuance of identification cards or
    7  renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years of age or over, nor fees to
    8  persons requesting a veteran [notation] DISTINGUISHING  MARK  which  are
    9  different from fees that would otherwise be required. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
   10  THAT  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-ONE
   11  OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE  ANY  FEES  FOR  THE
   12  DUPLICATION  OR AMENDMENT OF AN IDENTIFICATION CARD PRIOR TO ITS RENEWAL
   13  IF SUCH DUPLICATION OR AMENDMENT WAS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING  A
   14  VETERAN DISTINGUISHING MARK TO SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD.
   15    S  2.  Paragraph  (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle
   16  and traffic law, as added by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is amended
   17  to read as follows:
   18    (a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who  was
   19  a member of the armed forces of the United States and received an honor-
   20  able  discharge  or  was  released  therefrom under honorable conditions
   21  shall, upon his or her request and submission  of  proof  as  set  forth
   22  herein,  contain a distinguishing mark, in such form as the commissioner
   23  shall determine, indicating that he or she  is  a  veteran.  Such  proof
   24  shall  consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active duty
   25  including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or other  proof  satisfactory
   26  to  the  commissioner.  The  commissioner shall not require fees for the
   27  issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to  persons  requesting  a
   28  veteran  [notation]  DISTINGUISHING  MARK  which [is] ARE different from
   29  fees otherwise required; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
   30  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR
   31  A DUPLICATION OR AMENDMENT OF A LICENSE PRIOR TO  ITS  RENEWAL  IF  SUCH
   32  DUPLICATION  OR AMENDMENT WAS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING A VETERAN
   33  DISTINGUISHING MARK TO SUCH LICENSE.
   34    S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   35  have become a law.