Bill Text: NY S04912 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to enter into an agreement with the Dominican Republic for reciprocity of driver licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04912 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04912-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4912

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 17, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN  ACT  in  relation to requiring the commissioner of motor vehicles to
          enter into an agreement with the Dominican Republic for reciprocity of
          driver licenses

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  motor vehicles shall enter into an
     2  agreement with the Dominican Republic through the National Institute  of
     3  Transit and Land Transportation (Instituto Nacional de Transito y Trans-
     4  porte  Terrestre)  (INTRANT) represented by the Consulate General of the
     5  Dominican Republic  in  New  York  for  reciprocity  in  issuing  driver
     6  licenses  to citizens from the state of New York residing in the Domini-
     7  can Republic and to the Dominican citizens residing in the state of  New
     8  York.  The  parties  shall agree that reciprocal provisions for issuance
     9  and skills to acquire a driver license shall be applicable in  New  York
    10  and in the Dominican Republic.
    11    §  2.  The parties shall agree that a holder of a valid driver license
    12  of the state of New York residing in the Dominican  Republic,  shall  be
    13  able to exchange such license for a Dominican Republic driver license at
    14  the nominal conversion fee, without being required to pass the knowledge
    15  and  road  test. Correspondingly, a holder of a valid Dominican Republic
    16  driver license lawfully residing in the state of New York,  who  is  not
    17  exempt  from  licensing  requirements under the vehicle and traffic law,
    18  shall be able to exchange a Dominican Republic license  for  a  standard
    19  license  in the state of New York at the nominal conversion fee, without
    20  being required to pass the knowledge and road test.
    21    § 3. The state of New York, through the commissioner  of  motor  vehi-
    22  cles,  and  the  Dominican  Republic,  through the National Institute of
    23  Transit and Land Transportation (Instituto Nacional de Transito y Trans-
    24  porte Terrestre) (INTRANT), shall agree on the following:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09332-01-3
        S. 4912                             2

     1    1. Each party to  this  agreement  shall  provide  samples  of  driver
     2  licenses  (or  copies  thereof) issued at the time of this agreement and
     3  thereafter, as well as a definition of all classes of  driver  licenses,
     4  notations and restrictions;
     5    2.  This  agreement shall only apply to holders of unrestricted driver
     6  licenses aged 18 or older  and  shall  not  apply  to  applications  for
     7  enhanced  licenses,  real ID's or driver licenses for the operation of a
     8  commercial motor vehicle or motorcycle.
     9    3. For the decision on the issuance of  a  driver  license,  the  same
    10  standards, rules and regulations as for any resident of the state of New
    11  York and/or the Dominican Republic shall apply.
    12    4.  Each  side  shall  agree  to verify whether the driver still has a
    13  valid driver license of the state in which  he  or  she  was  originally
    14  licensed.
    15    §  4.  The agreement shall be signed by both the commissioner of motor
    16  vehicles of the state of New York  and  the  Consulate  General  of  the
    17  Dominican  Republic and may be cancelled or revoked in writing by either
    18  party at any time and for any reason with three months  notice  provided
    19  that  notification  shall be sent to the address provided by the parties
    20  in the agreement.
    21    § 5. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall draft the agreement  and
    22  present  such agreement to the Consulate General of the Dominican Repub-
    23  lic within ninety days of the date this act shall have become a law.
    24    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.