Bill Text: NY A09120 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to veteran suspended licenses.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-28 - referred to transportation [A09120 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09120-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9120
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic  law,  in  relation  to  veteran
          suspended licenses
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 503 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    3. Waiver of fee. (a) The commissioner may waive the payment  of  fees
     5  required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
     6    (i)  is  an inmate in an institution under the jurisdiction of a state
     7  department or agency, or
     8    (ii) is a victim of crime and the driver's license or learner's permit
     9  applied for is a replacement for one that was lost  or  destroyed  as  a
    10  result of the crime.
    11    (b) A military service member, including a member of the United States
    12  Army,  Navy,  Air  Force, Marines or Coast Guard, or a member of the New
    13  York army national guard, air national guard,  naval  militia  or  state
    14  guard,  whose license or registration is suspended or revoked during the
    15  pendency of active duty military service outside the state, shall,  upon
    16  the  submission  of proof of such active service to the commissioner, be
    17  lifted and vacated upon order of the commissioner,  without  cost,  fee,
    18  fine,  or  penalty.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision,
    19  the commissioner may impose a new suspension of  such  service  member's
    20  driver's  license or registration, after sixty days of the return of the
    21  service member from such active military service, or after sixty days of
    22  the lifting or vacating of the suspension or  revocation,  whichever  is
    23  later,  if  the  reason  upon  which  the  license  or  registration was
    24  originally suspended, has not been resolved. Prior to  the  issuance  of
    25  the  new  suspension  or  revocation,  the commissioner shall notify the
    26  service member not less than thirty days before such new  suspension  or
    27  revocation  would  take effect. No suspension or revocation of a license
    28  of a service member shall be lifted or vacated in accordance  with  this
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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