Assembly Bill A4683

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that a person 70 years of age or more may apply for a driver's license with a two year duration of validity

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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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2017-A4683 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §503, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5741
2011-2012: A5010, A9363
2013-2014: A4676
2015-2016: A4868

2017-A4683 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a person seventy years of age or older shall be permitted to apply for a driver's license with a two year period of validity, and that the fee for such license shall be based on the two year period.

2017-A4683 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4683
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to duration of
   renewal of license in certain cases
 
   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 THE COMMISSIONER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PERIOD OF VALID-
 ITY FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE SHALL BE MORE THAN TWO YEARS, A PERSON SEVEN-
 TY  YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE WITH
 A PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF TWO YEARS AND THE FEE FOR SUCH LICENSE SHALL  BE
 BASED ON SUCH TWO YEAR DURATION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04743-01-7

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