Bill Text: NY A03502 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires applicants to provide a street address when applying for a license and registration; allows police access to such street addresses.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A03502 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A03502-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 25, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, CORWIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transporta-
tion
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing an
address for a driver's license and registration
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 502 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 639 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 1. Application for license. Application for a driver's license shall
5 be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
6 with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
7 ty, ADDRESS, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner.
8 WHEN PROVIDING AN ADDRESS TO THE DEPARTMENT, IF AN APPLICANT USES A POST
9 OFFICE BOX AS HIS OR HER MAILING ADDRESS, THE APPLICANT SHALL ALSO
10 PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH HIS OR HER STREET ADDRESS. The commissioner
11 may also provide that the application procedure shall include the taking
12 of a photo image or images of the applicant in accordance with rules and
13 regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the commission-
14 er also shall require that the applicant provide his or her social secu-
15 rity number and provide space on the application so that the applicant
16 may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor registry under
17 section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law. In addition,
18 an applicant for a commercial driver's license who will operate a
19 commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that such
20 applicant meets the requirements to operate a commercial motor vehicle,
21 as set forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code
22 of federal regulations, and all regulations promulgated by the United
23 States secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials trans-
24 portation act. Upon a determination that the holder of a commercial
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07816-01-1
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1 driver's license has made any false statement, with respect to the
2 application for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such
3 license.
4 S 2. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
5 201-a to read as follows:
6 S 201-A. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALLOW LAW
7 ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ACCESS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL'S STREET ADDRESS PROVIDED
8 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE
9 AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
10 S 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 401 of the vehicle and
11 traffic law, as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 1996, is amended
12 to read as follows:
13 b. Every owner of a motor vehicle which shall be operated or driven
14 upon the public highways of this state shall, except as otherwise
15 expressly provided, cause to be presented, by mail or otherwise, to the
16 office or a branch office of the commissioner, or to any agent of the
17 commissioner, constituted as provided in this chapter, an application
18 for registration addressed to the commissioner, and on a blank to be
19 prepared under the direction of and furnished by the commissioner for
20 that purpose, containing: (a) a brief description of the motor vehicle
21 to be registered, including the name and factory number of such vehicle,
22 and such other facts as the commissioner shall require; (b) the weight
23 of the vehicle upon which the registration fee is based if the fee is
24 based on weight; (c) the name and residence, including county, of the
25 owner of such motor vehicle; PROVIDED, THAT IF AN APPLICANT USES A POST
26 OFFICE BOX WHEN PROVIDING A RESIDENCE ADDRESS, THE APPLICANT SHALL ALSO
27 PROVIDE HIS OR HER STREET ADDRESS; (d) provided that, if such motor
28 vehicle is used or to be used as an omnibus, the applicant also shall so
29 certify, and in the case of an omnibus also certify as to the seating
30 capacity, and if the omnibus is to be operated wholly within a munici-
31 pality pursuant to a franchise other than a franchise express or implied
32 in articles of incorporation upon certain streets designated in such
33 franchise, those facts shall also be certified, and a certified copy of
34 such franchise furnished to the commissioner; (e) provided, that, if
35 such motor vehicle is an altered livery, the applicant shall so furnish
36 a certified copy of the length of the center panel of such vehicle,
37 provided, however, that the commissioner shall require such proof, as he
38 may determine is necessary, in the application for registration and
39 provided further, if the center panel of such vehicle exceeds one
40 hundred inches, the commissioner shall require proof that such vehicle
41 is in compliance with all applicable federal and state motor vehicle
42 safety standards; and (f) such additional facts or evidence as the
43 commissioner may require in connection with the application for regis-
44 tration. Every owner of a trailer shall also make application for the
45 registration thereof in the manner herein provided for an application to
46 register a motor vehicle, but shall contain a statement showing the
47 manufacturer's number or other identification satisfactory to the
48 commissioner and no number plate for a trailer issued under the
49 provisions of subdivision three of section four hundred two of this
50 chapter shall be transferred to or used upon any other trailer than the
51 one for which number plate is issued. The commissioner shall require
52 proof, in the application for registration, or otherwise, as such
53 commissioner may determine, that the motor vehicle for which registra-
54 tion is applied for is equipped with lights conforming in all respects
55 to the requirements of this chapter, and no motor vehicle shall be
56 registered unless it shall appear by such proofs that such motor vehicle
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1 is equipped with proper lights as aforesaid. The said application shall
2 contain or be accompanied by such evidence of the ownership of the motor
3 vehicle described in the application as may be required by the commis-
4 sioner or his agent and which, with respect to new vehicles, shall
5 include, unless otherwise specifically provided by the commissioner, the
6 manufacturer's statement of origin. Applications received by an agent of
7 the commissioner shall be forwarded to the commissioner as he shall
8 direct for filing. No application for registration shall be accepted
9 unless the applicant is at least sixteen years of age.
10 S 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law.
