Bill Text: NY S07570 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that no driver's license issued to a person granted temporary protected status shall be cancelled, suspended or rescinded.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-06 - PRINT NUMBER 7570A [S07570 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07570-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7570--A
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 26, 2018
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        Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  a  driver's
          license issued to a person granted federal temporary protected status
          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 502-b to read as follows:
     3    §   502-b.   Temporary   protected  status  beneficiary  licensing. 1.
     4  Prevention of license suspension.  Notwithstanding any  other  provision
     5  of law, the department shall not cancel, suspend or rescind the driver's
     6  license,  learner's  permit, or non-driver identification card issued to
     7  an individual granted federal temporary protected status if the  federal
     8  government  ends  the designation of temporary protected status for such
     9  individual's country of origin.
    10    2. Application for license. Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of
    11  law,  such department shall allow an individual who was formerly granted
    12  temporary protected status to  apply  for  or  renew  such  individual's
    13  driver's license, learner's permit, or non-driver identification card if
    14  such  individual  meets  all  requirements  other  than the requirements
    15  related to immigration status.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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