Assembly Bill A3334

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain department of motor vehicle forms and applications to be available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A3334 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2884
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4620
2019-2020: S2795
2021-2022: S5840

2023-A3334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires department of motor vehicle forms, tests and applications for permits and licenses in a city with a population of one million or more to be available in Punjabi, Bengali and Hindi.

2023-A3334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3334
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
   certain motor vehicle forms and applications to be available in Punja-
   bi, Bengali and Hindi
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
   10. FORMS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN CERTAIN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.    EXCEPT
 AS  OTHERWISE  PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL, WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR  MORE,
 ENSURE  THAT  ALL  WRITTEN  TESTS, FORMS AND APPLICATIONS FOR AN INITIAL
 LEARNER'S PERMIT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE  ARE  ALSO AVAILABLE IN PUNJABI, BENGALI AND HINDI AND
 PROVIDE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN SUCH LANGUAGES  TO  A
 PERSON  APPLYING  FOR  SUCH LEARNER'S PERMIT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE IN SUCH
 CITY, UPON HIS OR HER REQUEST.   NOTHING CONTAINED IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  PROHIBIT THE COMMISSIONER FROM MAKING SUCH TESTS,
 FORMS, APPLICATIONS, AND TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES  AVAIL-
 ABLE IN OTHER LANGUAGES.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03201-01-3

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