S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 817 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 prohibiting certain persons convicted of the crime of making graffiti from obtain- ing 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. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. EXCEPTIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION THE 4 COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT ISSUE A DRIVER'S LICENSE TO ANY PERSON UNDER 5 SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE CONVICTED OF THE CRIME OF MAKING GRAFFITI AS 6 DEFINED IN SECTION 145.60 OF THE PENAL LAW UNTIL SUCH PERSON ATTAINS THE 7 AGE OF EIGHTEEN. 8 S 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 510 of the vehicle and 9 traffic law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xvi) to read as 10 follows: 11 (XVI) FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WHERE THE HOLDER IS CONVICTED OF THE 12 CRIME OF MAKING GRAFFITI AS DEFINED IN SECTION 145.60 OF THE PENAL LAW. 13 S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 14 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06422-01-9