Assembly Bill A10168

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to repealing the driver's license access and privacy act

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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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2019-A10168 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §201 subs 8 - 12, §502 subs 7 & 8, amd §§502 & 508, V & T L; rpld §7, Chap 37 of 2019
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5667
2023-2024: A5395

2019-A10168 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals the driver's license access and privacy act.

2019-A10168 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10168
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to repealing
   the driver's  license  access  and  privacy  act;  to  repeal  certain
   provisions  of  such  law relating thereto; and to repeal section 7 of
   chapter 39 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and  traffic  law
   relating to the issuance of non-commercial drivers' licenses and lear-
   ners' permits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of  section  201  of  the
 vehicle and traffic law are REPEALED.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by chapter 37 of the  laws  of  2019,  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. [With
 respect to a non-commercial driver's license or learner's  permit  which
 does  not  meet federal standards for identification, in addition to the
 acceptable proofs of age and identity approved by the commissioner as of
 January first, two thousand nineteen, acceptable proof of identity shall
 also include, but not be limited to, a valid, unexpired foreign passport
 issued by the applicant's country of citizenship (which  shall  also  be
 eligible  as  proof  of age), a valid, unexpired consular identification
 document issued by a consulate from the applicant's country of  citizen-
 ship, or a valid foreign driver's license that includes a photo image of
 the  applicant  and  which is unexpired or expired for less than twenty-
 four months of its date of expiration, as primary forms of  such  proof.
 Nothing  contained  in  this subdivision shall be deemed to preclude the
 commissioner from approving additional proofs of identity and age.]  The
 commissioner  may  also  provide  that  the  application procedure shall
 include the taking of a photo  image  or  images  of  the  applicant  in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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