Bill Text: NY A01748 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1748 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for the continuation of a commercial driver's license after lapse or termination of insurance if a person needs such license to perform his or her employment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A01748 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01748-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1748
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 16, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of  A. HAWLEY, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
          for  the  continuation of a commercial driver's license after lapse or
          termination of insurance
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  318 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
     3    16. Notwithstanding any provisions of  this  section,  the  commercial
     4  driver's  license  of  a  person  who has had his or her registration or
     5  license revoked or suspended pursuant to any provision of  this  section
     6  shall  not  be  revoked or suspended provided that such person has filed
     7  with the commissioner a statement, in a form prescribed by  the  commis-
     8  sioner, indicating that he or she needs such commercial driver's license
     9  to  perform  his  or  her  employment and that such driver shall only be
    10  allowed to drive his or her work vehicle while in the performance of his
    11  or her employment. Upon receipt of the foregoing statement  the  commis-
    12  sioner  shall restrict the driver to a commercial driver's license until
    13  new proof of financial security has been secured.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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