Requires the department of motor vehicles to enter information regarding a suspension or revocation of a driver's license on his or her driving record; requires the department to work with local law enforcement agencies to facilitate a uniform means for such agencies to gain immediate electronic access to a licensee's driving record; requires the commissioner to submit a report regarding existing means utilized for such access.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspension
and revocation information on the driving record of a person licensed
to drive a motor vehicle
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 510-e to read as follows:
3 § 510-e. Suspension and revocation information on driving record. 1.
4 Whenever a suspension, revocation or expiration of a license to drive a
5 motor vehicle or motorcycle occurs, the department shall enter the
6 suspension, revocation or expiration order on the licensee's driving
7 record within twenty days after receipt of such information. Any inquiry
8 into the licensee's driving record after the twenty day period shall
9 reveal that the license is suspended, revoked or expired.
10 2. The department shall work with local law enforcement agencies to
11 facilitate a uniform means for such agencies to gain immediate electron-
12 ic access to a licensee's driving record and particularly access to
13 information regarding a licensee's driving record as entered on such
14 record pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
15 § 2. The commissioner of the department of motor vehicles shall submit
16 a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the
17 speaker of the assembly on or before January first, two thousand eigh-
18 teen, summarizing the existing means utilized by law enforcement agen-
19 cies to access information regarding the suspension, revocation or expi-
20 ration of a license to drive a motor vehicle or motorcycle, along with
21 recommendations for more efficient methods therefor.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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