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                                   6372
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   the  issuance of licenses and non-driver identification cards contain-
   ing a Lifetime Liberty Pass distinguishing mark

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
   (A-2)  EVERY  LICENSE  OR  RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO AN APPLICANT WHO:
 (I) WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES; (II) RECEIVED
 AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE  CONDI-
 TIONS;  AND (III) QUALIFIES FOR AND HAS RECEIVED A LIFETIME LIBERTY PASS
 PERMITTING QUALIFIED VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES DISCOUNTED USE OF  STATE
 PARKS,  HISTORIC  SITES,  AND  RECREATIONAL  FACILITIES  OPERATED BY THE
 OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION  AND  THE  STATE
 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST
 AND  SUBMISSION  OF  PROOF AS SET FORTH HEREIN, CONTAIN A DISTINGUISHING
 MARK, IN SUCH FORM AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE, INDICATING  THAT
 HE  OR  SHE  IS  A  HOLDER  OF A LIFETIME LIBERTY PASS. SUCH PROOF SHALL
 CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE  OF  RELEASE  OR  DISCHARGE  FROM  ACTIVE  DUTY
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  A DD FORM 214, A COPY OF SUCH PERSON'S
 LIFETIME LIBERTY PASS OR OTHER PROOF SATISFACTORY TO  THE  COMMISSIONER.
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE  FEES  FOR  THE  ISSUANCE OF SUCH
 LICENSES OR RENEWALS THEREOF TO PERSONS REQUESTING  A  LIFETIME  LIBERTY
 PASS  DISTINGUISHING  MARK  WHICH  ARE  DIFFERENT  FROM  FEES  OTHERWISE
 REQUIRED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR  A  DUPLICATION  OR
 AMENDMENT  OF  A  LICENSE  PRIOR  TO  ITS RENEWAL IF SUCH DUPLICATION OR
 AMENDMENT WAS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING TO SUCH LICENSE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03851-01-1
              

 A. 6372                             2
 
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
   (B-1) EVERY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR RENEWAL THEREOF ISSUED TO AN APPLI-
 CANT  WHO:  (I)  WAS  A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES;
 (II) RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR  WAS  RELEASED  THEREFROM  UNDER
 HONORABLE  CONDITIONS;  AND (III) QUALIFIES FOR AND HAS RECEIVED A LIFE-
 TIME  LIBERTY  PASS  PERMITTING  QUALIFIED  VETERANS  WITH  DISABILITIES
 DISCOUNTED  USE OF STATE PARKS, HISTORIC SITES, AND RECREATIONAL FACILI-
 TIES OPERATED BY THE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC  PRESERVA-
 TION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL, UPON
 HIS  OR HER REQUEST AND SUBMISSION OF PROOF AS SET FORTH HEREIN, CONTAIN
 A DISTINGUISHING MARK, IN SUCH FORM AS THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DETERMINE,
 INDICATING THAT HE OR SHE IS A HOLDER OF A LIFETIME LIBERTY  PASS.  SUCH
 PROOF SHALL CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE
 DUTY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214, A COPY OF SUCH PERSON'S
 LIFETIME  LIBERTY  PASS OR OTHER PROOF SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF  SUCH  IDEN-
 TIFICATION  CARDS  OR  RENEWALS THEREOF TO PERSONS REQUESTING A LIFETIME
 LIBERTY PASS DISTINGUISHING MARK WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM FEES OTHERWISE
 REQUIRED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR  A  DUPLICATION  OR
 AMENDMENT  OF AN IDENTIFICATION CARD PRIOR TO ITS RENEWAL IF SUCH DUPLI-
 CATION OR AMENDMENT WAS SOLELY FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  ADDING  A  LIFETIME
 LIBERTY PASS DISTINGUISHING MARK TO SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such date.