Bill Text: NY S01377 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for issuance, upon application therefor, of distinctive driver's licenses and number plates to persons who are hearing impaired.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01377 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01377-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1377
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- 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 licenses and
          registration number plates for the hearing impaired
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 404-a-1 to read as follows:
     3    § 404-a-1. Registration of motor vehicles of hearing impaired persons.
     4  1. The commissioner shall, upon application therefor, issue  distinctive
     5  number plates for the motor vehicle or motor vehicles primarily operated
     6  by  a  hearing impaired person. Such distinctive plates shall conform to
     7  the requirements of section four hundred one of this article, but  shall
     8  bear the letters "HI".
     9    2.  The  commissioner  shall  issue  sets  of number plates to hearing
    10  impaired persons pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of  this  section  upon
    11  submission of proof of hearing impairment. Such proof shall be as deter-
    12  mined  by  regulations  promulgated  by the commissioner in consultation
    13  with the commissioner of health.
    14    3. The application for registration and hearing impaired number plates
    15  shall be accompanied only by the required fee otherwise required  to  be
    16  paid for vehicle registration.
    17    §  2.  Subdivision  1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law is
    18  amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
    19    (a-2) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant  who  is
    20  hearing  impaired,  as  determined  by  regulations  promulgated  by the
    21  commissioner in consultation with the  commissioner  of  health,  shall,
    22  upon  his  or her request and submission of proof of hearing impairment,
    23  have prominently imprinted thereon the statement "HEARING IMPAIRED". The
    24  commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such licenses or
    25  renewal thereof to persons requesting a hearing impaired statement which
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00667-01-7
        S. 1377                             2
     1  are different from fees  otherwise  required;  provided,  however,  that
     2  notwithstanding  the  provisions of this section, the commissioner shall
     3  not require fees for such duplication or amendment of a  licenses  prior
     4  to  its  renewal  if  such  duplication  or amendment was solely for the
     5  purpose of adding a hearing impaired statement to such license.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
     7  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Provided, that, effec-
     8  tive  immediately,  any actions necessary to implement the provisions of
     9  this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and  directed  to  be
    10  completed on or before such date.