Bill Text: NY A01352 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the issuance of licenses and non-driver identification cards containing a Lifetime Liberty Pass distinguishing mark.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A01352 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A01352-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1352 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing the issuance of licenses and non-driver identification cards contain- ing a Lifetime Liberty Pass distinguishing mark 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 504 of the vehicle and traffic law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows: 3 (a-2) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who: 4 (i) was a member of the armed forces of the United States; (ii) received 5 an honorable discharge or was released therefrom under honorable condi- 6 tions; and (iii) qualifies for and has received a Lifetime Liberty Pass 7 permitting qualified veterans with disabilities discounted use of state 8 parks, historic sites, and recreational facilities operated by the 9 office of parks, recreation and historic preservation and the state 10 department of environmental conservation, shall, upon his or her request 11 and submission of proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing 12 mark, in such form as the commissioner shall determine, indicating that 13 he or she is a holder of a Lifetime Liberty Pass. Such proof shall 14 consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active duty 15 including but not limited to a DD Form 214, a copy of such person's 16 Lifetime Liberty Pass or other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. 17 The commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such 18 licenses or renewals thereof to persons requesting a Lifetime Liberty 19 Pass distinguishing mark which are different from fees otherwise 20 required; provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions of this 21 section, the commissioner shall not require fees for a duplication or 22 amendment of a license prior to its renewal if such duplication or 23 amendment was solely for the purpose of adding to such license. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03527-01-3A. 1352 2 1 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows: 3 (b-1) Every identification card or renewal thereof issued to an appli- 4 cant who: (i) was a member of the armed forces of the United States; 5 (ii) received an honorable discharge or was released therefrom under 6 honorable conditions; and (iii) qualifies for and has received a Life- 7 time Liberty Pass permitting qualified veterans with disabilities 8 discounted use of state parks, historic sites, and recreational facili- 9 ties operated by the office of parks, recreation and historic preserva- 10 tion and the state department of environmental conservation, shall, upon 11 his or her request and submission of proof as set forth herein, contain 12 a distinguishing mark, in such form as the commissioner shall determine, 13 indicating that he or she is a holder of a Lifetime Liberty Pass. Such 14 proof shall consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active 15 duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214, a copy of such person's 16 Lifetime Liberty Pass or other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. 17 The commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such iden- 18 tification cards or renewals thereof to persons requesting a Lifetime 19 Liberty Pass distinguishing mark which are different from fees otherwise 20 required; provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions of this 21 section, the commissioner shall not require fees for a duplication or 22 amendment of an identification card prior to its renewal if such dupli- 23 cation or amendment was solely for the purpose of adding a Lifetime 24 Liberty Pass distinguishing mark to such identification card. 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 26 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or 27 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 28 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 29 on or before such date.
