Senate Bill S6452

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enables veterans and reservists to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3920 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S6452 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3920
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §508, V & T L; amd §354-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A1753
2015-2016: A122
2017-2018: A1142
2019-2020: A2331

2021-S6452 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables veterans and reservists to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license.

2021-S6452 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6452 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6452
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- 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 and the  executive  law,  in
   relation to enabling veterans and reservists to receive benefit infor-
   mation upon applying for or renewing a driver's license

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 508 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION
 OF  VETERANS'  SERVICES, IS DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL REFER DRIVER'S LICENSE  AND  NON-DRIVER  IDENTIFICATION
 CARD APPLICANTS REQUESTING AND OBTAINING A NOTATION UPON SUCH LICENSE OR
 NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED
 STATES  ARMED  FORCES  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF SECTION FOUR
 HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS  CHAPTER  OR  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST, TO THE DIVISION OF
 VETERANS'  SERVICES,  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   § 2. Section 354-a of the executive law, as amended by  section  8  of
 part  AA  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 354-a. Information  on  status  of  veterans  receiving  assistance.
 Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the
 state  and  political  subdivisions  thereof,  which provide assistance,
 treatment, counseling, care, supervision or  custody  in  service  areas
 involving  health,  mental  health, family services, criminal justice or
 employment, including but not limited to the office of  [alcoholism  and
 substance  abuse  services]  ADDICTION  SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, office of
 mental health, office of probation and correctional alternatives, office
 of children and family services,  office  of  temporary  and  disability
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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