Bill Text: NY A03947 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires proof of acceptable vision for the renewal of a driver's license and allows the submission of a doctor's certification online.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A03947 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03947-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3947
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring a
          vision test for the renewal of a drivers' license
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi-
     2  cle and traffic law, as amended by section 3 of part K of chapter 59  of
     3  the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  A  license  issued  pursuant  to subdivision five of this section
     5  shall be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless  such
     6  license  is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be renewed
     7  by submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by  law,
     8  proofs  of  prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision prescribed by
     9  the  commissioner,  the  applicant's  social  security  number,  and  if
    10  required  by  the  commissioner  a  photo image of the applicant in such
    11  numbers and form as the commissioner shall prescribe.  Proof of accepta-
    12  ble vision shall be required in the form of an eye test  or  a  doctor's
    13  certification  for  license  renewal  pursuant  to this subdivision. The
    14  commissioner shall allow the online submission  of  a  doctor's  certif-
    15  ication  of  an  applicant's proof of acceptable vision. In addition, an
    16  applicant for renewal of  a  license  containing  a  hazardous  material
    17  endorsement  shall  pass an examination to retain such endorsement.  The
    18  commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials
    19  endorsement,  comply  with  the  requirements  imposed  upon  states  by
    20  sections  383.141  and  1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regu-
    21  lations. A renewal of such license shall be issued by  the  commissioner
    22  upon  approval of such application, except that no such license shall be
    23  issued if its issuance would be  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of
    24  section  five hundred sixteen of this title, and except that the commis-
    25  sioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant is  the  holder
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  of  a  currently  valid  or renewable license to drive issued by another
     2  state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such license.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     4  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     5  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     6  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
     7  before such effective date.