BILL NO A08231A
SAME AS SAME AS S05955-A
SPONSOR Sweeney (MS)
COSPNSR Englebright, Thiele, Magnarelli, Gunther, Lifton, Millman,
Cymbrowitz, Titone, Colton, Stirpe, Brindisi, Bronson, Skoufis,
Santabarbara, Braunstein, Sepulveda, Miller, Hennessey, Cook, Cahill,
Russell
MLTSPNSR Abbate, Kearns, Magee, Perry, Roberts, Simanowitz, Skartados,
Weisenberg
Amd SS490 & 504, V & T L
Prohibits the imposition of any additional fee for the issuance of a driver's
license or non-driver identification card with a veteran's distinguishing mark.
BILL NO A08231A
11/06/2013 referred to transportation
01/08/2014 referred to transportation
05/02/2014 amend (t) and recommit to transportation
05/02/2014 print number 8231a
05/06/2014 reported referred to ways and means
05/19/2014 reported
05/22/2014 advanced to third reading cal.765
05/29/2014 passed assembly
05/29/2014 delivered to senate
05/29/2014 REFERRED TO FINANCE
06/16/2014 SUBSTITUTED FOR S5955A
06/16/2014 3RD READING CAL.1393
06/16/2014 PASSED SENATE
06/16/2014 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8231--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
November 6, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE, MAGNARELLI,
GUNTHER, LIFTON, MILLMAN, CYMBROWITZ, TITONE, COLTON, STIRPE, BRINDI-
SI, BRONSON, SKOUFIS, SANTABARBARA, BRAUNSTEIN, SEPULVEDA, MILLER,
HENNESSEY, COOK, CAHILL, RUSSELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
ABBATE, KEARNS, PERRY, ROBERTS, SIMANOWITZ, SKARTADOS, WEISENBERG --
read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation -- recommit-
ted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance with Assembly
Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
the imposition of any additional fee for a veteran's distinguishing
mark on a non-driver identification card or a driver's license
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
5 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
6 cle forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be recorded
7 and shall contain such other information and shall be issued in such
8 form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
9 tification card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of
10 twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement
11 "UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or format.
12 Provided, further, however, that every identification card issued to an
13 applicant who was a member of the armed forces of the United States and
14 received [on] AN honorable discharge or was released therefrom under
15 honorable conditions shall, upon his or her request and submission of
16 proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in such form
17 as the commissioner shall determine, indicating that he or she is a
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11929-05-4
A. 8231--A 2
1 veteran. Such proof shall consist of a certificate of release or
2 discharge from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or
3 other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not
4 require fees for the issuance of such identification cards or renewals
5 thereof to persons under twenty-one years of age which are different
6 from the fees required for the issuance of identification cards or
7 renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years of age or over, nor fees to
8 persons requesting a veteran [notation] DISTINGUISHING MARK which are
9 different from fees that would otherwise be required. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
10 THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-ONE
11 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE ANY FEES FOR THE
12 DUPLICATION OR AMENDMENT OF AN IDENTIFICATION CARD PRIOR TO ITS RENEWAL
13 IF SUCH DUPLICATION OR AMENDMENT WAS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING A
14 VETERAN DISTINGUISHING MARK TO SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD.
15 S 2. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle
16 and traffic law, as added by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is amended
17 to read as follows:
18 (a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who was
19 a member of the armed forces of the United States and received an honor-
20 able discharge or was released therefrom under honorable conditions
21 shall, upon his or her request and submission of proof as set forth
22 herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in such form as the commissioner
23 shall determine, indicating that he or she is a veteran. Such proof
24 shall consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active duty
25 including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or other proof satisfactory
26 to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not require fees for the
27 issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons requesting a
28 veteran [notation] DISTINGUISHING MARK which [is] ARE different from
29 fees otherwise required; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE
30 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT REQUIRE FEES FOR
31 A DUPLICATION OR AMENDMENT OF A LICENSE PRIOR TO ITS RENEWAL IF SUCH
32 DUPLICATION OR AMENDMENT WAS SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING A VETERAN
33 DISTINGUISHING MARK TO SUCH LICENSE.
34 S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
35 have become a law.
