Bill Text: NY A06172 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires applicants for the renewal of a driver's license to prove they have acceptable vision to operate a motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A06172 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06172-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6172
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 15, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
         applicants for the renewal of a driver's license to complete a  vision
         test
         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.  SUCH PROOF OF
   12  ACCEPTABLE VISION SHALL REQUIRE THE APPLICANT  TO  PASS  A  VISION  TEST
   13  ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OR HIS OR HER AGENT, OR TO SUBMIT A
   14  CERTIFICATION, SIGNED BY A PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSE PRACTI-
   15  TIONER, OPTOMETRIST  OR  OPTICIAN,  ATTESTING  THAT  THE  APPLICANT  HAS
   16  ADEQUATE  VISION TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
   17  SIONER. In addition, an applicant for renewal of a license containing  a
   18  hazardous  material endorsement shall pass an examination to retain such
   19  endorsement. The commissioner shall, with respect to the  renewal  of  a
   20  hazardous  materials  endorsement,  comply with the requirements imposed
   21  upon states by sections 383.141 and 1572.13 of title 49 of the  code  of
   22  federal  regulations.  A  renewal of such license shall be issued by the
   23  commissioner upon approval of such  application,  except  that  no  such
   24  license  shall  be issued if its issuance would be inconsistent with the
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  provisions of section five hundred sixteen of  this  title,  and  except
    2  that  the commissioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant
    3  is the holder of a currently valid or renewable license to drive  issued
    4  by another state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such
    5  license.
    6    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    7  have become a law.