Bill Text: NY S08490 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes former members of the United States public health service to receive a distinguishing mark on their license indicating that they are a veteran.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-09 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S08490 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08490-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8490 IN SENATE May 9, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 authorizing a former member of the United States public health service to receive a distinguishing mark on his or her license indicating that he or she is a veteran The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the 2 vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2014, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 (a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who was 5 a member of the armed forces of the United States or the United States 6 public health service and received an honorable discharge or was 7 released therefrom under honorable conditions shall, upon his or her 8 request and submission of proof as set forth herein, contain a distin- 9 guishing mark, in such form as the commissioner shall determine, indi- 10 cating that he or she is a veteran. Such proof shall consist of a 11 certificate of release or discharge from active duty including but not 12 limited to a DD Form 214, a PHS Form 1867 or other proof satisfactory to 13 the commissioner. The commissioner shall not require fees for the issu- 14 ance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons requesting a veter- 15 an distinguishing mark which are different from fees otherwise required; 16 provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions of this section, 17 the commissioner shall not require fees for a duplication or amendment 18 of a license prior to its renewal if such duplication or amendment was 19 solely for the purpose of adding a veteran distinguishing mark to such 20 license. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00897-01-7