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Senate Bill S1461
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S1461 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง502 & 504, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S710
2009-S1461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1461 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to photo images used on driver's licenses PURPOSE : Provides that no photo image used on a driver's license may be more than 8 years old. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends 502 (6) (a) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to provide that photo images used on driver's licenses are not more than eight years old. Section 2 amends section 504 (1) (b) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law to require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles (when issuing resolutions) to provide that photo images used on driver's licenses are not more than eight years old. Section 3 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : Driver's licenses are now the nation's primary form of accepted identification, yet many of the photo images being used on licenses are out of date, and may only minimally resemble the holder. Requiring an up-to-date photo image on each NYS driver's license is one of the many simple measures that can be taken to tighten security
2009-S1461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1461 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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 photo images used on driver's licenses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi- cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: (a) A license issued pursuant to subdivision five of this section shall be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless such license is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be renewed by submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by law, proofs of prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision prescribed by the commissioner, the applicant's social security number, and if required by the commissioner a photo image of the applicant in such numbers and form as the commissioner shall prescribe, PROVIDED THAT NO PHOTO IMAGE USED ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE IS MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS OLD. In addition, an applicant for renewal of a license containing a hazardous material endorsement shall pass an examination to retain such endorse- ment. A renewal of such license shall be issued by the commissioner upon approval of such application, except that no such license shall be issued if its issuance would be inconsistent with the provisions of section five hundred sixteen of this chapter, and except that the commissioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant is the holder of a currently valid or renewable license to drive issued by another state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such license. S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05094-01-9
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