Bill Text: NY A05307 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to transportation [A05307 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05307-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5307

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 12, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. ANGELINO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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.
                                                                   LBD09119-01-1