S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6799
I N S E N A T E
March 22, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. BALL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to forms of
identification cards and licenses of veterans
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of
subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law, subpara-
graph (i) of paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 235 of the laws of
2002, and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 600 of the laws of 1989,
are amended to read as follows:
(i) The commissioner shall upon submission of an appropriate applica-
tion, upon payment of the prescribed fee, and upon being satisfied that
the person described is the applicant and that such applicant meets the
requirements set forth in subdivision two of this section, issue to such
applicant a nontransferable identification card. In addition, the
commissioner also shall require that an applicant for an identification
card or renewal thereof provide his or her social security number. THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE SPACE SO THAT AN APPLICANT MAY REQUEST A
NOTATION UPON SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF
THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
cle forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
and shall contain such other information and shall be issued in such
form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
tification card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of
twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement
"UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or format.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT EVERY IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED TO AN
APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND
RECEIVED ON HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONOR-
ABLE CONDITIONS SHALL, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST AND SUBMISSION OF PROOF
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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AS SET FORTH HEREIN, CONTAIN A DISTINGUISHING MARK, IN SUCH FORM AS THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE, INDICATING THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN.
SUCH PROOF SHALL CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM
ACTIVE DUTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214 OR OTHER PROOF
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER. The commissioner shall not require
fees for the issuance of such identification cards or renewals thereof
to persons under twenty-one years of age which are different from the
fees required for the issuance of identification cards or renewals ther-
eof to persons twenty-one years of age or over, NOR FEES TO PERSONS
REQUESTING A VETERAN NOTATION WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM FEES THAT WOULD
OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED.
S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 2 of part CC of chapter 58 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Application for license. Application for a driver's license shall
be made to the commissioner. The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. The commis-
sioner may also provide that the application procedure shall include the
taking of a photo image or images of the applicant in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the
commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide his or her
social security number and provide space on the application so that the
applicant may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor
registry under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law,
AND SPACE SO THAT THE APPLICANT MAY REQUEST A NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE
THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. In addi-
tion, an applicant for a commercial driver's license who will operate a
commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that such
applicant meets the requirements to operate a commercial motor vehicle,
as set forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of the code
of federal regulations, and all regulations promulgated by the United
States secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials trans-
portation act. In addition, an applicant for a commercial driver's
license shall submit a medical certificate at such intervals as required
by the federal motor carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part
383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of federal regulations relating to
medical certification and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
For purposes of this section and sections five hundred three and five
hundred ten-a of this title, the term "medical certificate" shall mean a
form substantially in compliance with the form set forth in Part
391.43(h) of title 49 of the code of federal regulations. Upon a deter-
mination that the holder of a commercial driver's license has made any
false statement, with respect to the application for such license, the
commissioner shall revoke such license.
S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
(A-1) EVERY LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO AN APPLICANT WHO WAS
A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND RECEIVED AN HONOR-
ABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS
SHALL, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST AND SUBMISSION OF PROOF AS SET FORTH
HEREIN, CONTAIN A DISTINGUISHING MARK, IN SUCH FORM AS THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL DETERMINE, INDICATING THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN. SUCH PROOF
SHALL CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214 OR OTHER PROOF SATISFACTORY
TO THE COMMISSIONER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR THE
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ISSUANCE OF SUCH LICENSES OR RENEWALS THEREOF TO PERSONS REQUESTING A
VETERAN NOTATION WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM FEES OTHERWISE REQUIRED.
S 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law.
