STATE OF NEW YORK
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8979--A
IN SENATE
May 3, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- (at request of the Department of Motor
Vehicles) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the period
for which commercial learner's permits are valid
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 503 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by section 3 of part I of chapter 58 of
3 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4 (b) An application for a license shall be valid for a period of time
5 specified by regulation of the commissioner not to exceed five years. A
6 learner's permit shall be valid from its issuance until the expiration
7 of the application for a driver's license for which it was issued.
8 Provided, however, a commercial learner's permit shall be valid for no
9 more than [one hundred eighty days, except that such permit may be
10 renewed, in the commissioner's discretion, for an additional one hundred
11 eighty days] such time as permitted by section 31308 of title 49 of the
12 United States code and part 383.25 of title 49 of the code of federal
13 regulations. Provided, however, that a commercial learner's permit
14 issued by the commissioner in connection with an application for a
15 commercial driver's license shall be cancelled within sixty days of the
16 holder's medical certification status becoming "not-certified" based
17 upon: (i) the expiration of the holder's medical certification or
18 medical variance documentation required by the federal motor carrier
19 safety improvement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of the
20 code of federal regulations; (ii) the holder's failure to submit such
21 medical certification or medical variance documentation at such inter-
22 vals as required by the federal motor carrier safety improvement act of
23 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of federal regulations
24 and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner; or (iii) the receipt by
25 the commissioner of information from the issuing medical examiner or the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 federal motor carrier safety administration that a medical certification
2 or medical variance was issued in error or rescinded. The commissioner
3 shall, upon a holder's status becoming "not-certified", notify the hold-
4 er of such commercial learner's permit issued in connection with a
5 commercial driver's license application by first class mail to the
6 address of such person on file with the department or at the current
7 address provided by the United States postal service of his or her
8 "not-certified" medical certification status and that the commercial
9 motor vehicle privileges of such commercial learner's permit will be
10 cancelled unless he or she submits a current medical certificate and/or
11 medical variance in accordance with Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of the
12 code of federal regulations or changes his or her self-certification to
13 driving only in excepted or intrastate commerce in accordance with Part
14 383.71(b) (1) (ii), (iii) or (iv) of title 49 of the code of federal
15 regulations.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall have become a law.