A01320 Summary:

BILL NOA01320
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05301
 
SPONSORZebrowski
 
COSPNSRJaffee, Morelle
 
MLTSPNSRMcDonald
 
Add S404-x, V & T L
 
Establishes a visor card for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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A01320 Actions:

BILL NOA01320
 
01/09/2013referred to transportation
01/08/2014referred to transportation
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A01320 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01320 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1320
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
          visor communication cards for the deaf and hard of hearing
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 404-x to read as follows:
     3    § 404-x.  Visor communication card for the New  York  state  deaf  and
     4  hard  of  hearing. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall
     5  have the following meanings:
     6    (a) "Deaf person" shall mean any person who, because of hearing  loss,
     7  is  not  able  to  discriminate speech when spoken in a normal conversa-
     8  tional tone regardless of the use of amplification devices; and
     9    (b) "Hard of hearing person" shall mean any  person  who,  because  of
    10  hearing  loss,  has  a  diminished  capacity to discriminate speech when

    11  spoken in a normal conversational tone.
    12    (c) "Visor communication  card"  shall  mean  such  identification  as
    13  issued  by the department which identifies the driver as deaf or hard of
    14  hearing, as defined in this section, and which details  the  appropriate
    15  procedures for assisting a deaf or hard of hearing driver during a traf-
    16  fic stop as promulgated by the department pursuant to this section.
    17    2.  Any person residing in this state, upon request and accompanied by
    18  a doctor's statement indicating such person is either deaf  or  hard  of
    19  hearing,  shall  be  issued  a visor communication card for the deaf and
    20  hard of hearing of a design approved by the commissioner.    Application

    21  for  such  visor communication card shall be filed with the commissioner
    22  in such form and detail as the commissioner shall prescribe.
    23    3. A visor communication card issued pursuant to this section shall be
    24  issued upon the payment of the regular registration  fee  prescribed  by
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00514-01-3

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     1  section  four  hundred  one of this article, provided, however, that one
     2  year after the effective date of this section, funds in  the  amount  of
     3  five  thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall be

     4  allocated  from  such  fund to the department to offset costs associated
     5  with the production of such visor communication cards.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     7  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     8  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     9  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
    10  before such effective date.
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