Bill Text: NY S00618 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to specifying additional requirements for applications for a driver's license and a non-driver identification card to ensure compliance with federal law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00618 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S00618-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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618
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 9, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requirements
for applications for 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. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 639 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 1. Application for license. (A) Application for a driver's license
5 shall be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be
6 submitted with such application. [The applicant shall furnish such proof
7 of identity, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner.
8 The commissioner may also provide that the application procedure shall
9 include the taking of a photo image or images of the applicant in
10 accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In
11 addition, the commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide
12 his or her social security number and] AN APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE THE
13 FOLLOWING VERIFIABLE INFORMATION: A PHOTO IDENTITY DOCUMENT OR OTHER
14 IDENTITY DOCUMENT IF IT INCLUDES BOTH THE PERSON'S FULL LEGAL NAME AND
15 DATE OF BIRTH; DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THE PERSON'S DATE OF BIRTH; PROOF
16 OF THE PERSON'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR VERIFICATION THAT THE PERSON
17 IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; AND DOCUMENTATION SHOWING
18 THE PERSON'S NAME AND ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. AN APPLICANT SHALL
19 PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF LAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS. A TEMPORARY DRIVER'S
20 LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED TO NONCITIZENS WHO ARE TEMPORARILY PRESENT IN THE
21 UNITED STATES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL VERIFY, WITH THE ISSUING AGENCY,
22 EACH DOCUMENT REQUIRED TO BE PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT AND SHALL
23 CONFIRM WITH THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION THE FULL SOCIAL
24 SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER PRESENTED BY AN APPLICANT TO OBTAIN A DRIVER'S
25 LICENSE. IN THE EVENT THAT A SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER BELONGS TO
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ANOTHER PERSON TO WHOM A DRIVER'S LICENSE HAS BEEN ISSUED, THE DEPART-
2 MENT SHALL RESOLVE THE DISCREPANCY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
3 (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL provide space on the application so that
4 the applicant may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor
5 registry under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law.
6 In addition, an applicant for a commercial driver's license who will
7 operate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify
8 that such applicant meets the requirements to operate a commercial motor
9 vehicle, as set forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of
10 the code of federal regulations, and all regulations promulgated by the
11 United States secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials
12 transportation act. Upon a determination that the holder of a commercial
13 driver's license has made any false statement, with respect to the
14 application for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such
15 license.
16 (C) A DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING
17 INFORMATION AND FEATURES:
18 (I) THE PERSON'S FULL LEGAL NAME;
19 (II) THE PERSON'S DATE OF BIRTH;
20 (III) THE PERSON'S GENDER;
21 (IV) THE PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER;
22 (V) A DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PERSON;
23 (VI) THE PERSON'S ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE;
24 (VII) THE PERSON'S SIGNATURE;
25 (VIII) PHYSICAL SECURITY FEATURES DESIGNED TO PREVENT TAMPERING, COUN-
26 TERFEITING, OR DUPLICATION OF THE DOCUMENT FOR FRAUDULENT PURPOSES; AND
27 (IX) A COMMON MACHINE-READABLE TECHNOLOGY, WITH DEFINED MINIMUM DATA
28 ELEMENTS.
29 S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 490
30 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 235 of the laws of
31 2002, is amended to read as follows:
32 (i) The commissioner shall upon submission of an appropriate applica-
33 tion, upon payment of the prescribed fee, and upon being satisfied that
34 the person described is the applicant and that such applicant meets the
35 requirements set forth in subdivision two of this section, issue to such
36 applicant a nontransferable identification card. In addition, the
37 commissioner also shall require that an applicant for an identification
38 card or renewal thereof provide [his or her social security number] ALL
39 OF THE VERIFIABLE IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTATION SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION
40 ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
41 S 3. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall certify compliance with
42 the driver's license standards set forth in P.L. 109-13 to the Secretary
43 of Homeland Security by March 1, 2010.
44 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
