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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 15, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
  applicants for the renewal of a driver's license to complete a  vision
  test

  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 section 3 of part K of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2009, 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.  SUCH PROOF OF
ACCEPTABLE VISION SHALL REQUIRE THE APPLICANT  TO  PASS  A  VISION  TEST
ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OR HIS OR HER AGENT, OR TO SUBMIT A
CERTIFICATION, SIGNED BY A PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, NURSE PRACTI-
TIONER, OPTOMETRIST  OR  OPTICIAN,  ATTESTING  THAT  THE  APPLICANT  HAS
ADEQUATE  VISION TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER. In addition, an applicant for renewal of a license containing  a
hazardous  material endorsement shall pass an examination to retain such
endorsement. The commissioner shall, with respect to the  renewal  of  a
hazardous  materials  endorsement,  comply with the requirements imposed
upon states by sections 383.141 and 1572.13 of title 49 of the  code  of
federal  regulations.  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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05527-01-3
              

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provisions of section five hundred sixteen of  this  title,  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.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.