NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2496

Senate Bill S2496

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for the waiver of the fee for a replacement driver's license or identification card

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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 25, 2019	referred to transportation

2019-S2496 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5074
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§503 & 491, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8333, A10628
2021-2022: S2098, A836
2023-2024: A1875

2019-S2496 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the waiver of the fee for a replacement driver's license or identification card if the replacement driver's license or identification card is requested solely for the purpose of designating that the applicant is an organ donor.

2019-S2496 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2496

SPONSOR: JORDAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in
relation to providing for the waiver of  the fee for a replacement driv-
er's license or identification card if the replacement driver's license
or identification card is requested solely for the purpose of designat-
ing that the applicant is an organ donor

 
PURPOSE:

The bill waives the fee for a replacement license or identification card
if the replacement license or identification card is requested solely
for the purpose of designating that applicant as an organ donor.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 3 of section 503 of the Vehicle and Traffic
law to add the provision that the Commissioner may waive payment of fees
for a replacement driver's license if the applicant is applying for the
replacement license solely for designating on the license that the

applicant is an organ donor.

Section 2 amends subdivision 3 of section 491 of the Vehicle and Traffic
law to allow the Commissioner to waive the payment of fees for an iden-
tification card if the applicant is applying for the replacement card
solely for designating on the card that the applicant is an organ donor.

Section 3 sets an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill encourages more New Yorkers to become organ donors by removing
bureaucratic obstacles in order to help save lives. It allows an indi-
vidual to be immediately identified as a donor if that person chooses to
become a donor prior to his or her license or identification card need-
ing to be renewed. Only 27 percent of potential New Yorkers are enrolled
in the New York State Donate Life Registry - the lowest rate in the
country while thousands continue to wait for organ transplants in the
state. By removing the fee for obtaining a replacement license or iden-
tification card that designates the holder as an organ donor, this step
should encourage more New Yorkers to give the gift of life.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.8333 of 2018

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2496
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  providing
   for the waiver of  the fee for a replacement driver's license or iden-
   tification  card if the replacement driver's license or identification
   card is requested solely for  the  purpose  of  designating  that  the
   applicant is an organ donor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 503 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  as  amended by chapter 548 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read
 as follows:
   3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner  may  waive  the  payment  of  fees
 required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
   (i)  is  an inmate in an institution under the jurisdiction of a state
 department or agency, or
   (ii) is a victim of crime and the driver's license or learner's permit
 applied for is a replacement for one that was lost  or  destroyed  as  a
 result of the crime, OR
   (III)  IS APPLYING FOR THE REPLACEMENT DRIVER'S LICENSE SOLELY FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF DESIGNATING ON THE  APPLICANT'S  DRIVER'S  LICENSE  THAT  THE
 APPLICANT IS AN ORGAN DONOR.
   §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 491 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by section 1 of part H of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of  2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   3.  Waiver  of  fee.  The  commissioner  may waive the payment of fees
 required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant:
   (I) is a victim of a crime and the identification card applied for  is
 a  replacement  for  one  that  was lost or destroyed as a result of the
 crime, OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08860-01-9

 S. 2496                             2
 
   (II) IS APPLYING FOR THE REPLACEMENT IDENTIFICATION  CARD  SOLELY  FOR
 THE  PURPOSE  OF DESIGNATING ON THE APPLICANT'S IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT
 THE APPLICANT IS AN ORGAN DONOR.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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