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                                   7543
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring the commissioner of  motor  vehicles  to
   enter into an agreement with the Dominican Republic for reciprocity of
   driver licenses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of motor  vehicles  shall  enter  into  an
 agreement  with the Dominican Republic through the National Institute of
 Transit and Land Transportation (Instituto Nacional de Transito y Trans-
 porte Terrestre) (INTRANT) represented by the Consulate General  of  the
 Dominican  Republic  in  New  York  for  reciprocity  in  issuing driver
 licenses to citizens from the state of New York residing in the  Domini-
 can  Republic and to the Dominican citizens residing in the state of New
 York. The parties shall agree that reciprocal  provisions  for  issuance
 and  skills  to acquire a driver license shall be applicable in New York
 and in the Dominican Republic.
   § 2. The parties shall agree that a holder of a valid  driver  license
 of  the  state  of New York residing in the Dominican Republic, shall be
 able to exchange such license for a Dominican Republic driver license at
 the nominal conversion fee, without being required to pass the knowledge
 and road test. Correspondingly, a holder of a valid  Dominican  Republic
 driver  license  lawfully  residing in the state of New York, who is not
 exempt from licensing requirements under the vehicle  and  traffic  law,
 shall  be  able  to exchange a Dominican Republic license for a standard
 license in the state of New York at the nominal conversion fee,  without
 being required to pass the knowledge and road test.
   §  3.  The  state of New York, through the commissioner of motor vehi-
 cles, and the Dominican Republic,  through  the  National  Institute  of
 Transit and Land Transportation (Instituto Nacional de Transito y Trans-
 porte Terrestre) (INTRANT), shall agree on the following:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09332-01-3
              

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   1.  Each  party  to  this  agreement  shall  provide samples of driver
 licenses (or copies thereof) issued at the time of  this  agreement  and
 thereafter,  as  well as a definition of all classes of driver licenses,
 notations and restrictions;
   2.  This  agreement shall only apply to holders of unrestricted driver
 licenses aged 18 or older  and  shall  not  apply  to  applications  for
 enhanced  licenses,  real ID's or driver licenses for the operation of a
 commercial motor vehicle or motorcycle.
   3. For the decision on the issuance of  a  driver  license,  the  same
 standards, rules and regulations as for any resident of the state of New
 York and/or the Dominican Republic shall apply.
   4.  Each  side  shall  agree  to verify whether the driver still has a
 valid driver license of the state in which  he  or  she  was  originally
 licensed.
   §  4.  The agreement shall be signed by both the commissioner of motor
 vehicles of the state of New York  and  the  Consulate  General  of  the
 Dominican  Republic and may be cancelled or revoked in writing by either
 party at any time and for any reason with three months  notice  provided
 that  notification  shall be sent to the address provided by the parties
 in the agreement.
   § 5. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall draft the agreement  and
 present  such agreement to the Consulate General of the Dominican Repub-
 lic within ninety days of the date this act shall have become a law.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.