Assembly Bill A6522

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires minors to be enrolled in school or graduation equivalent diploma program in order to receive their driver's licenses or learner's permits

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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-A6522 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง507, V & T L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2774

2011-A6522 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires minors to be enrolled in school or a graduation equivalent diploma program in order to receive their driver's licenses or learner's permits and requires the commissioners of the department of motor vehicles and the education department to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out such provisions.

2011-A6522 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6522

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURLING,
  OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  requiring
  minors  be  enrolled in high school or a graduation equivalent diploma
  program in order to be issued and retain a driver's license or permit

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

  Section  1.  Section  507 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. MINOR'S EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. NO LICENSE  OR  LEARNER'S  PERMIT
MAY  BE  ISSUED TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN UNLESS SUCH PERSON
IS ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL OR A GRADUATION EQUIVALENT DIPLOMA PROGRAM OR
IS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OR HAS RECEIVED  THEIR  GRADUATION  EQUIVALENT
DIPLOMA AND PRESENTS PROOF OF SUCH. ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
WHO HAS BEEN ISSUED A LICENSE OR LEARNER'S PERMIT AND SUBSEQUENTLY CEAS-
ES  TO  ATTEND  HIGH  SCHOOL  OR A GRADUATION EQUIVALENT DIPLOMA PROGRAM
WITHOUT GRADUATING OR RECEIVING A GRADUATION  EQUIVALENT  DIPLOMA  SHALL
HAVE  THEIR  LICENSE OR PERMIT REVOKED. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF EDUCATION SHALL PROMULGATE THOSE RULES AND REGULATIONS  NECES-
SARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; except that any
rules and regulations necessary for the timely  implementation  of  this
act on its effective date shall be promulgated on or before such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05146-01-1

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