Bill Text: NY S01219 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring an updated signature and photo image for renewal and display on a renewed license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01219 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01219-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1219 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 renewal of drivers' licenses 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 section 3 of part K of chapter 59 of 3 the laws of 2009, is 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, an updated 10 signature and [if required by the commissioner a] photo image of the 11 applicant, which shall be displayed on the applicant's new license, in 12 such numbers and form as the commissioner shall prescribe. In addition, 13 an applicant for renewal of a license containing a hazardous material 14 endorsement shall pass an examination to retain such endorsement. The 15 commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous materials 16 endorsement, comply with the requirements imposed upon states by 17 sections 383.141 and 1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regu- 18 lations. A renewal of such license shall be issued by the commissioner 19 upon approval of such application, except that no such license shall be 20 issued if its issuance would be inconsistent with the provisions of 21 section five hundred sixteen of this title, and except that the commis- 22 sioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant is the holder 23 of a currently valid or renewable license to drive issued by another 24 state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such license. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 26 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03922-01-9