Bill Text: NY A06557 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for retroactive effectiveness of provisions relating to prohibiting additional fees for a veteran's distinguishing mark on a non-driver identification card or a driver's license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-01 - substituted by s1695 [A06557 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A06557-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6557 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, GANTT, ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE, MAGNAR- ELLI, GUNTHER, LIFTON, CYMBROWITZ, TITONE, STIRPE, BRINDISI, BRONSON, SKOUFIS, SANTABARBARA, MILLER, COOK, CAHILL, RUSSELL -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, CRESPO, CUSICK, DenDEKKER, KAMINSKY, LUPARDO, MAGEE, PERRY, ROBERTS, SCHIMEL, SIMON, SKARTADOS, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend chapter 429 of the laws of 2014, amending the vehicle and traffic law relating to prohibiting the imposition of any addi- tional fee for a veteran's distinguishing mark on a non-driver iden- tification card or a driver's license, in relation to the effective- ness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 429 of the laws of 2014, amending the 2 vehicle and traffic law relating to prohibiting the imposition of any 3 additional fee for a veteran's distinguishing mark on a non-driver iden- 4 tification card or a driver's license, is amended to read as follows: 5 S 3. This act shall take effect [on the thirtieth day after it shall 6 have become a law] IMMEDIATELY AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN IN FULL 7 FORCE AND EFFECT ON THE SAME DATE AS CHAPTER 487 OF THE LAWS OF 2012, 8 TOOK EFFECT. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that no later 10 than ninety days after chapter 429 of the laws of 2014 takes effect the 11 commissioner of the department of motor vehicles shall commence to issue 12 refunds of fees paid by applicants on or after October 3, 2012 solely 13 for adding a veteran's distinguishing mark to a driver's license or 14 non-driver identification card. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07301-01-5