Assembly Bill A2760

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the length of time that a person on a visa can hold a New York state driver's license or learner's permit

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A2760 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§503 & 491, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3418
2013-2014: A3961
2015-2016: A2169
2017-2018: A2639
2019-2020: A1868
2021-2022: A3828
2023-2024: A3656

2011-A2760 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the length of time that a person on a visa can hold a New York state driver's license or learner's permit; driver's license or learner's permit shall expire upon the expiration of a visa or upon the date the driver's license or learner's permit would normally expire whichever date first occurs.

2011-A2760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2760

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PRETLOW, GUNTHER, ORTIZ, CANESTRARI, WEISENBERG
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, PHEFFER,  J. RIVERA  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the length
  of time that a person on a visa can hold a driver's license, learner's
  permit or non-driver identification card

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law
is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) WHENEVER A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO
THIS  ARTICLE, OR A PRIVILEGE OF OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE OR OF OBTAIN-
ING SUCH A LICENSE OR PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO AN ALIEN  WHO  HAS  BEEN
ISSUED  A  VISA,  SUCH DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT SHALL EXPIRE
UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE VISA OR UPON THE DATE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
LEARNER'S PERMIT WOULD OTHERWISE EXPIRE UNDER  THIS  CHAPTER,  WHICHEVER
DATE  FIRST  OCCURS.   IF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT OF AN
ALIEN WITH A VISA EXPIRES BEFORE THE ALIEN'S VISA EXPIRES THEN THE ALIEN
CAN RENEW SUCH LICENSE OR PERMIT UPON SHOWING THE DEPARTMENT PROOF OF  A
VALID VISA.
  S 2. Section 491 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. PERIOD OF VALIDITY; VISA.  WHENEVER AN IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED
BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  HAS  BEEN  ISSUED TO AN ALIEN WHO HAS BEEN ISSUED A
VISA, SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL EXPIRE UPON THE EXPIRATION  OF  THE
VISA  OR  UPON  THE  DATE THE IDENTIFICATION CARD WOULD OTHERWISE EXPIRE
UNDER THIS CHAPTER, WHICHEVER DATE FIRST OCCURS.  IF THE  IDENTIFICATION
CARD  OF  AN  ALIEN  WITH A VISA EXPIRES BEFORE THE ALIEN'S VISA EXPIRES
THEN THE ALIEN CAN RENEW  SUCH  IDENTIFICATION  CARD  UPON  SHOWING  THE
DEPARTMENT PROOF OF A VALID VISA.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03041-01-1

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