Assembly Bill A8204

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to directing the department of motor vehicles to issue New York drivers licenses to certain individuals

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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-A8204 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2098
2021-2022: A1628
2023-2024: A6473

2017-A8204 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to directing the department of motor vehicles to issue New York drivers' licenses to individuals holding a valid or recently expired driver's license from a Caribbean country.

2017-A8204 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8204
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  permitting
   the exchange of drivers licenses from certain countries
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  LICENSE EXCHANGE FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES.  (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ACCEPT AS  VALID  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  IDENTIFICATION,  AGE  AND  EXAMINATION  A DRIVER'S LICENSE
 ISSUED FROM A COUNTRY LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION AND  SHALL
 ISSUE  A  LICENSE  TO  DRIVE  IN  THIS  STATE TO AN INDIVIDUAL HOLDING A
 LICENSE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS  SECTION,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,
 THE  INDIVIDUAL  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND THE
 VISION TEST REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) A DRIVERS LICENSE ISSUED BY THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES
 SHALL BE VALID FOR  PURPOSES  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION:
 ANGUILLA,  ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, BONAIRE, BRIT-
 ISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CUBA, CURACAO,  DOMINICA,  DOMINICAN
 REPUBLIC,  GRENADA, GUADELOUPE, GUYANA, HAITI, JAMAICA, MARTINQUE, MONT-
 SERRAT, PUERTO RICO, SABA, SAINT  BARTHELEMY,  SAINT  KITTS  AND  NEVIS,
 SAINT LUCIA, SAINT MARTIN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SINT EUSTA-
 TIUS,  SINT  MAARTEN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, AND
 THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
   (C) A LICENSE ISSUED BY A COUNTRY LISTED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  ACCEPTED  FOR  EXCHANGE  IF  IT: IS VALID OR HAS
 EXPIRED WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS; STATES THE DATE UPON  WHICH  IT  WAS
 ISSUED  AND  IT  WAS ISSUED A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF
 THE APPLICATION; AND IS NOT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, LOST OR STOLEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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