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(a) Any person licensed or registered pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter, and any person engaged in the business of insurance or
life settlement in this state who is exempted from compliance with the
licensing requirements of this chapter, including the state insurance
fund of this state, who has reason to believe that an insurance trans-
action or life settlement act may be fraudulent, or has knowledge that a
fraudulent insurance transaction or fraudulent life settlement act is
about to take place, or has taken place shall, within thirty days after
determination by such person that the transaction appears to be fraudu-
lent, send to the superintendent on a form prescribed by the superinten-
dent, the information requested by the form and such additional informa-
tion relative to the factual circumstances of the transaction and the
parties involved as the superintendent may require. The superintendent
shall accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance transactions or
fraudulent life settlement acts from any self insurer, including but not
limited to self insurers providing health insurance coverage or those
defined in section fifty of the workers' compensation law, and shall
treat such reports as any other received pursuant to this section. THE
SUPERINTENDENT SHALL ACCEPT REPORTS OF SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT INSURANCE
TRANSACTIONS FROM ANY SELF INSURER INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SELF
INSURERS PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE, THOSE PROVIDING MOTOR
VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE OR THOSE DEFINED IN SECTION FIFTY OF THE
WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, AND SHALL TREAT SUCH REPORTS AS ANY OTHER
RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
S 3. Section 2133 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 77 of
the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
S 2133. [Forged] FALSE INSURANCE DOCUMENTS AND FORGED insurance iden-
tification cards. Any insurance company, insurance agent, insurance
broker or other person who or which, personally or by the action of an
employee or agent, KNOWINGLY possesses, transfers or uses: (A) ANY DOCU-
MENT WHICH PURPORTS TO EVINCE INSURANCE COVERAGE WHEN SUCH COVERAGE IS
NOT IN EFFECT OR IS IN EFFECT AT LIMITS LESS THAN THOSE STATED IN THE
DOCUMENT; OR (B) a forged insurance identification card for a motor
vehicle, having knowledge, personally or through such employee or agent,
of the fact that such insurance identification card, when issued, did
not actually represent an owner's policy of liability insurance or a
financial security bond issued by an insurance company licensed to do
business in this state covering the motor vehicle identified on such
card, shall be liable for payment to the people of this state of a civil
penalty in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for the first such
violation and a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each subse-
quent violation. For the purposes of this section the term "forged
insurance identification card" means a written insurance identification
card which has been falsely made, completed or altered, and the term
"falsely made, completed or altered" shall have the same meaning as set
forth in section 170.00 of the penal law.
S 4. Subdivision 5 of section 170.10 of the penal law is amended and
a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
5. A prescription of a duly licensed physician or other person author-
ized to issue the same for any drug or any instrument or device used in
the taking or administering of drugs for which a prescription is
required by law[.]; OR
6. A CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE OR AN INSURANCE IDENTIFICATION CARD, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
S 5. Section 170.15 of the penal law is amended to read as follows:
S 170.15 Forgery in the first degree.
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A person is guilty of forgery in the first degree when, with intent to
defraud, deceive or injure another, he OR SHE falsely makes, completes
or alters [a]:
1. TEN OR MORE WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS; OR
2. A written instrument which is or purports to be, or which is calcu-
lated to become or to represent if completed:
[1.] (A) Part of an issue of money, stamps, securities or other valu-
able instruments issued by a government or governmental instrumentality;
or
[2.] (B) Part of an issue of stock, bonds or other instruments repres-
enting interests in or claims against a corporate or other organization
or its property.
Forgery in the first degree is a class C felony.
S 6. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 175.50 to read
as follows:
S 175.50 OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE OR
REGISTRATION.
A PERSON IS GUILTY OF OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
INSURANCE OR REGISTRATION WHEN KNOWING THAT ANY DOCUMENT HE OR SHE FILES
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR AN INSURER PROVIDING LIABILITY
INSURANCE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE CONTAINS A FALSE STATEMENT OR FALSE INFOR-
MATION WITH REGARD TO WHERE HE OR SHE RESIDES OR WHERE HIS OR HER MOTOR
VEHICLE IS GARAGED AND OPERATED.
OFFERING A FALSE APPLICATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE OR REGISTRA-
TION IS A CLASS E FELONY.
S 7. Subdivision 1 of section 176.05 of the penal law, as amended by
chapter 211 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
1. any written statement as part of, or in support of, an application
for the issuance of, or the rating of a commercial insurance policy, or
certificate or evidence of self insurance for commercial OR PERSONAL
insurance or commercial OR PERSONAL self insurance, or a claim for
payment or other benefit pursuant to an insurance policy or self insur-
ance program for commercial or personal insurance that he or she knows
to:
(a) contain materially false information concerning any fact material
thereto; or
(b) conceal, for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any
fact material thereto; or
S 8. Section 176.15 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 515 of the
laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
S 176.15 Insurance fraud in the fourth degree.
A person is guilty of insurance fraud in the fourth degree when he
[commits] OR SHE:
1. COMMITS a fraudulent insurance act and thereby wrongfully takes,
obtains or withholds, or attempts to wrongfully take, obtain or withhold
property with a value in excess of one thousand dollars; OR
2. OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A PUBLIC HIGHWAY, WHEN SUCH MOTOR VEHI-
CLE IS INSURED BY A POLICY ISSUED UNDER THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE, WHEN
SUCH PERSON MAINTAINS HIS OR HER PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE IN THIS STATE OR
SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE IS PRINCIPALLY GARAGED IN THIS STATE, AND SUCH INSUR-
ANCE POLICY WAS ISSUED UPON ANY WRITTEN OR ORAL STATEMENT BY SUCH PERSON
THAT HE OR SHE PRINCIPALLY RESIDES IN SUCH OTHER STATE OR THAT SUCH
MOTOR VEHICLE IS PRINCIPALLY GARAGED IN SUCH OTHER STATE.
Insurance fraud in the fourth degree is a class E felony.
S 9. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
201-a to read as follows:
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S 201-A. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALLOW LAW
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ACCESS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL'S STREET ADDRESS PROVIDED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE
AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
S 10. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 401 of the vehicle and
traffic law, as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 1996, is amended
to read as follows:
b. Every owner of a motor vehicle which shall be operated or driven
upon the public highways of this state shall, except as otherwise
expressly provided, cause to be presented, by mail or otherwise, to the
office or a branch office of the commissioner, or to any agent of the
commissioner, constituted as provided in this chapter, an application
for registration addressed to the commissioner, and on a blank to be
prepared under the direction of and furnished by the commissioner for
that purpose, containing: (a) a brief description of the motor vehicle
to be registered, including the name and factory number of such vehicle,
and such other facts as the commissioner shall require; (b) the weight
of the vehicle upon which the registration fee is based if the fee is
based on weight; (c) the name and residence, including county of the
owner of such motor vehicle, PROVIDED THAT IF THE APPLICANT USES A POST
OFFICE BOX WHEN PROVIDING A RESIDENCE ADDRESS, SUCH APPLICANT SHALL ALSO
PROVIDE THE STREET ADDRESS AT WHICH HE OR SHE RESIDES; (d) provided
that, if such motor vehicle is used or to be used as an omnibus, the
applicant also shall so certify, and in the case of an omnibus also
certify as to the seating capacity, and if the omnibus is to be operated
wholly within a municipality pursuant to a franchise other than a fran-
chise express or implied in articles of incorporation upon certain
streets designated in such franchise, those facts shall also be certi-
fied, and a certified copy of such franchise furnished to the commis-
sioner; (e) provided, that, if such motor vehicle is an altered livery,
the applicant shall so furnish a certified copy of the length of the
center panel of such vehicle, provided, however, that the commissioner
shall require such proof, as he OR SHE may determine is necessary, in
the application for registration and provided further, if the center
panel of such vehicle exceeds one hundred inches, the commissioner shall
require proof that such vehicle is in compliance with all applicable
federal and state motor vehicle safety standards; and (f) such addi-
tional facts or evidence as the commissioner may require in connection
with the application for registration. Every owner of a trailer shall
also make application for the registration thereof in the manner herein
provided for an application to register a motor vehicle, but shall
contain a statement showing the manufacturer's number or other identifi-
cation satisfactory to the commissioner and no number plate for a trail-
er issued under the provisions of subdivision three of section four
hundred two of this [chapter] ARTICLE shall be transferred to or used
upon any other trailer than the one for which number plate is issued.
The commissioner shall require proof, in the application for registra-
tion, or otherwise, as such commissioner may determine, that the motor
vehicle for which registration is applied for is equipped with lights
conforming in all respects to the requirements of this chapter, and no
motor vehicle shall be registered unless it shall appear by such proofs
that such motor vehicle is equipped with proper lights as aforesaid. The
said application shall contain or be accompanied by such evidence of the
ownership of the motor vehicle described in the application as may be
required by the commissioner or his OR HER agent and which, with respect
to new vehicles, shall include, unless otherwise specifically provided
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by the commissioner, the manufacturer's statement of origin. Applica-
tions received by an agent of the commissioner shall be forwarded to the
commissioner as he OR SHE shall direct for filing. No application for
registration shall be accepted unless the applicant is at least sixteen
years of age AND HAS SIGNED SUCH APPLICATION ATTESTING TO THE TRUTH AND
VERACITY OF THE FACTS STATED THEREIN.
S 11. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
amended by section 1 of part D of chapter 58 of the laws of 2012, 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, ADDRESS OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE and fitness as may be required
by the commissioner. WHEN PROVIDING HIS OR HER ADDRESS OF RESIDENCE,
THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE THE STREET ADDRESS AT WHICH HE OR SHE
RESIDES. EACH APPLICANT SHALL SIGN HIS OR HER APPLICATION ATTESTING TO
THE TRUTH AND VERACITY OF THE FACTS STATED THEREIN. The commissioner 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 commission-
er also shall require that the applicant provide his or her social secu-
rity 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. In addition,
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, five
hundred ten-a, and five hundred ten-aa of this title, the terms "medical
certificate" and "medical certification" 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 determination 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 12. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
separately amended by chapters 465 and 487 of the laws of 2012, is
REPEALED and a new subdivision 1 is added 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, ADDRESS OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE AND FITNESS AS MAY BE REQUIRED
BY THE COMMISSIONER. WHEN PROVIDING HIS OR HER ADDRESS OF RESIDENCE,
THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE THE STREET ADDRESS AT WHICH HE OR SHE
RESIDES. EACH APPLICANT SHALL SIGN HIS OR HER APPLICATION ATTESTING TO
THE TRUTH AND VERACITY OF THE FACTS STATED THEREIN. THE COMMISSIONER 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
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REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSION-
ER ALSO SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECU-
RITY NUMBER AND SHALL 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
WITH THE FOLLOWING STATED ON THE APPLICATION IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS
TYPE:
"YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ADDED
TO THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUES-
TION'."
THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL NOT MAINTAIN
RECORDS OF ANY PERSON WHO CHECKS "SKIP THIS QUESTION". FAILURE TO CHECK
A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THE VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION, AND FAILURE TO
CHECK "YES" OR CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
IMPLY A WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT UNDER EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE, CHECKING "YES" SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO MAKE AN
ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY. WHERE AN
APPLICANT HAS PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGIS-
TERED IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY, CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR
FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THAT CONSENT OR REGISTRATION.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE SPACE ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT THE
APPLICANT MAY REQUEST NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE THAT HE OR SHE IS A
VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATED ARMED FORCES. IN ADDITION, 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 REGU-
LATIONS, AND ALL REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY
OF TRANSPORTATION UNDER THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION 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, FIVE HUNDRED TEN-A, AND FIVE HUNDRED
TEN-AA OF THIS TITLE, THE TERMS "MEDICAL CERTIFICATE" AND "MEDICAL
CERTIFICATION" 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 DETERMINATION THAT THE HOLDER OF A COMMERCIAL DRIV-
ER'S LICENSE HAS MADE ANY FALSE STATEMENT, WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICA-
TION FOR SUCH LICENSE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REVOKE SUCH LICENSE.
S 13. Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
added by section 12 of this act, 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, address of his or her residence and fitness as may be required
by the commissioner. When providing his or her address of residence,
the applicant shall provide the street address at which he or she
resides. Each applicant shall sign his or her application attesting to
the truth and veracity of the facts stated therein. The commissioner 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 commission-
er also shall require that the applicant provide his or her social secu-
rity number and [shall] provide space on the application so that the
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applicant may register in the New York state organ and tissue donor
registry under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law
[with the following stated on the application in clear and conspicuous
type:
"You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added
to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
tion'."
The commissioner of the department of health shall not maintain
records of any person who checks "skip this question". Failure to check
a box shall not impair the validity of an application, and failure to
check "yes" or checking "skip this question" shall not be construed to
imply a wish not to donate. In the case of an applicant under eighteen
years of age, checking "yes" shall not constitute consent to make an
anatomical gift or registration in the donate life registry. Where an
applicant has previously consented to make an anatomical gift or regis-
tered in the donate life registry, checking "skip this question" or
failing to check a box shall not impair that consent or registration.
The commissioner shall provide]; AND space on the application so that
the applicant may request notation upon such license that he or she is a
veteran of the United Stated armed forces. In addition, 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 regu-
lations, and all regulations promulgated by the United States secretary
of transportation under the hazardous materials transportation 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, five hundred ten-a, and five hundred
ten-aa of this title, the terms "medical certificate" and "medical
certification" 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 determination that the holder of a commercial driv-
er's license has made any false statement, with respect to the applica-
tion for such license, the commissioner shall revoke such license.
S 14. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
after it shall have become a law, provided however, that:
(a) section thirteen of this act shall take effect October 3, 2016;
and
(b) sections four, five, six, seven and eight of this act shall take
effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it
shall have become a law.
