Bill Text: NY A06230 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to transportation [A06230 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06230-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6230

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2023
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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 driver's 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 chapter 37 of the laws  of  2019,  is
     3  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  or,  in  lieu
    10  thereof,  with  respect  to an application for a non-commercial driver's
    11  license or learner's permit which does not meet  federal  standards  for
    12  identification, an affidavit signed by such applicant that they have not
    13  been issued a social security number, and if required by the commission-
    14  er,  a  photo  image  of  the  applicant in such numbers and form as the
    15  commissioner shall prescribe.   Proof  of  acceptable  vision  shall  be
    16  required  in  the  form  of  an eye test or a doctor's certification for
    17  license renewal pursuant to this  subdivision.  The  commissioner  shall
    18  allow  the  online  submission  of a doctor's certification of an appli-
    19  cant's proof of acceptable vision. In addition, an applicant for renewal
    20  of a license containing a hazardous material endorsement shall  pass  an
    21  examination  to  retain  such  endorsement. The commissioner shall, with
    22  respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials endorsement, comply with
    23  the requirements imposed upon states by sections 383.141 and 1572.13  of
    24  title  49  of the code of federal regulations. A renewal of such license
    25  shall be issued by the commissioner upon approval of  such  application,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  except  that  no  such  license shall be issued if its issuance would be
     2  inconsistent with the provisions of section five hundred sixteen of this
     3  title, and except that the commissioner may refuse to renew such license
     4  if the applicant is the holder of a currently valid or renewable license
     5  to drive issued by another state or foreign country unless the applicant
     6  surrenders such license.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     8  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     9  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    10  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    11  completed on or before such effective date.