Bill Text: NY S06060 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives the fee for a commercial driver's license for a member of the military or a veteran when they submit an application for military skills test waiver as part of his or her application.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06060 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06060-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6060

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 waiving  the
          fee  for a commercial driver's license for a member of the military or
          a veteran

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1986, and paragraph (i) as
     3  amended by chapter 322 of the laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    3.  Waiver  of  fee.  The  commissioner  may waive the payment of fees
     6  required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
     7    (i) is an incarcerated individual in an institution under  the  juris-
     8  diction of a state department or agency[,]; or
     9    (ii) is a victim of crime and the driver's license or learner's permit
    10  applied  for  is  a  replacement for one that was lost or destroyed as a
    11  result of the crime[.]; or
    12    (iii) is a member of the military or is  a  military  veteran  and  is
    13  applying  for  a  commercial driver's license and submits an application
    14  for military skills test waiver as part of their application.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    16  it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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