Bill Text: NY A03935 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to enter into reciprocity agreements with other states, countries, provinces or territories that issue driver licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-10 - substituted by s4329a [A03935 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03935-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3935

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation

        AN ACT in relation to requiring the commissioner of  motor  vehicles  to
          enter  into an agreement with the Republic of China (Taiwan) for reci-
          procity of driver licenses

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  motor vehicles shall enter into an
     2  agreement with the Republic of China (Taiwan) through  the  Ministry  of
     3  Transportation and Communications represented by the Director General of
     4  the  Taipei  Economic and Cultural office in New York for reciprocity in
     5  issuing driver licenses to citizens from the state of New York  residing
     6  in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and to the Taiwanese citizens residing
     7  in  the  state  of  New  York.  The  parties shall agree that reciprocal
     8  provisions for issuance and skills to acquire a driver license shall  be
     9  applicable in New York and in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
    10    §  2.  The parties shall agree that a holder of a valid driver license
    11  of the state of New York residing in the  Republic  of  China  (Taiwan),
    12  shall be able to exchange such license for a Taiwanese driver license at
    13  the nominal conversion fee, without being required to pass the knowledge
    14  and  road  test.  Correspondingly,  a holder of a valid Taiwanese driver
    15  license lawfully residing in the state of New York, who  is  not  exempt
    16  from  licensing requirements under the vehicle and traffic law, shall be
    17  able to exchange a Taiwanese license for a standard license in the state
    18  of New York at the nominal conversion fee,  without  being  required  to
    19  pass the knowledge and road test.
    20    §  3.  The  state of New York, through the commissioner of motor vehi-
    21  cles, and the Republic of China (Taiwan), through the Ministry of Trans-
    22  portation and Communications, shall agree on the following:
    23    1. Each party to  this  agreement  shall  provide  samples  of  driver
    24  licenses  (or  copies  thereof) issued at the time of this agreement and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  thereafter, as well as a definition of all classes of  driver  licenses,
     2  notations and restrictions;
     3    2.  This  agreement shall only apply to holders of unrestricted driver
     4  licenses aged 18 or older  and  shall  not  apply  to  applications  for
     5  enhanced  licenses,  real ID's or driver licenses for the operation of a
     6  commercial motor vehicle or motorcycle.
     7    3. For the decision on the issuance of  a  driver  license,  the  same
     8  standards, rules and regulations as for any resident of the state of New
     9  York and/or the Republic of China (Taiwan) shall apply.
    10    4.  Each  side  shall  agree  to verify whether the driver still has a
    11  valid driver license of the state in which  he  or  she  was  originally
    12  licensed.
    13    §  4.  The agreement shall be signed by both the commissioner of motor
    14  vehicles of the state of New York and the Director General of the Taipei
    15  Economic and Cultural office in New York and may be cancelled or revoked
    16  in writing by either party at any time and for  any  reason  with  three
    17  months  notice  provided  that notification shall be sent to the address
    18  provided by the parties in the agreement.
    19    § 5. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall draft the agreement  and
    20  present  such  agreement  to the Director General of the Taipei Economic
    21  and Cultural office in New York within ninety days of the date this  act
    22  shall have become a law.
    23    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.