BILL NO A08231
SAME AS SAME AS S05955
SPONSOR Sweeney (MS)
COSPNSR Englebright, Thiele, Magnarelli, Gunther, Lifton, Millman,
Cymbrowitz, Titone, Colton, Stirpe, Brindisi, Bronson, Skoufis,
Santabarbara, Braunstein, Sepulveda, Miller, Hennessey
MLTSPNSR Abbate, 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 notation.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8231
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 -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
ROBERTS, SIMANOWITZ, SKARTADOS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to prohibiting
the imposition of any additional fee for a veteran's notation 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
18 veteran. Such proof shall consist of a certificate of release or
19 discharge from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or
20 other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not
21 require fees for the issuance of such identification cards or renewals
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11929-01-3
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1 thereof to persons under twenty-one years of age which are different
2 from the fees required for the issuance of identification cards or
3 renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years of age or over[, nor fees
4 to persons requesting a veteran notation which are different from fees
5 that would otherwise be required]. FURTHERMORE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
6 NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN IDENTIFICATION
7 CARD WITH A VETERAN'S NOTATION OR RENEWALS THEREOF, AND THE ONLY FEE
8 AUTHORIZED FOR SUCH A CARD SHALL BE THAT FEE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO
9 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-ONE OF
10 THIS ARTICLE UPON SUCH CARD'S ORIGINAL ISSUANCE AND UPON EACH RENEWAL
11 THEREOF.
12 S 2. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle
13 and traffic law, as added by chapter 487 of the laws of 2012, is amended
14 to read as follows:
15 (a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who was
16 a member of the armed forces of the United States and received an honor-
17 able discharge or was released therefrom under honorable conditions
18 shall, upon his or her request and submission of proof as set forth
19 herein, contain a distinguishing mark, in such form as the commissioner
20 shall determine, indicating that he or she is a veteran. Such proof
21 shall consist of a certificate of release or discharge from active duty
22 including but not limited to a DD Form 214 or other proof satisfactory
23 to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not require [fees] ANY ADDI-
24 TIONAL FEE for the issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to
25 persons requesting a veteran notation [which is different from fees
26 otherwise required], AND THE ONLY FEE AUTHORIZED FOR SUCH A LICENSE
27 SHALL BE THOSE FEES AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS (B), (B-1), (C)
28 AND (C-1) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTI-
29 CLE UPON SUCH LICENSE'S ORIGINAL ISSUANCE AND UPON EACH RENEWAL THEREOF.
30 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
31 have been in full force and effect on and after October 3, 2013.
