Assembly Bill A836

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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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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2021-A836 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2098
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§503 & 491, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10628, S8333
2019-2020: A5074, S2496
2023-2024: A1875

2021-A836 (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.

2021-A836 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    836
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred 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

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