Senate Bill S52

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring a written exam upon renewal of a driver's license

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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-S52 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §502, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5226
2021-2022: S846

2023-S52 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires applicant for renewal of a driver's license to pass a written examination with respect to the laws relating to traffic and other matters as the commissioner may prescribe.

2023-S52 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S52 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    52
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
   tion
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring  a
   written exam upon renewal of a driver's license

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the  vehi-
 cle  and  traffic  law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) A license issued pursuant to  subdivision  five  of  this  section
 shall  be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless such
 license is suspended, revoked or cancelled. Such license may be  renewed
 by  submission of an application for renewal, the fee prescribed by law,
 proofs of prior licensing, fitness and acceptable vision  prescribed  by
 the  commissioner,  the  applicant's  social security number or, in lieu
 thereof, with respect to an application for  a  non-commercial  driver's
 license  or  learner's  permit which does not meet federal standards for
 identification, an affidavit signed by such applicant that they have not
 been issued a social security number, and if required by the commission-
 er, a photo image of the applicant in  such  numbers  and  form  as  the
 commissioner  shall  prescribe.    IN  ADDITION,  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 REQUIRE AN APPLICANT FOR RENEWAL TO  PASS  A  WRITTEN  EXAMINATION  WITH
 RESPECT TO THE LAWS RELATING TO TRAFFIC AND OTHER MATTERS AS THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  MAY  PRESCRIBE  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE SUBJECTS SET
 FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. THE COMMISSIONER MAY  PROVIDE
 FOR  APPLICANTS  TO  COMPLETE  SUCH  EXAMINATION ONLINE OR IN PERSON. In
 addition, an applicant for renewal of a license containing  a  hazardous
 material  endorsement  shall pass an examination to retain such endorse-
 ment. The commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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