Directs the commissioner of the department of motor vehicles to issue renewal notices to residents issued a driver's license, learner's permit and identification card; provides notice that the county clerk retains 12.7 percent of the fee if such renewal is processed by the county.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4157
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. MOLINARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the renewal
of driver's licenses, learner's permits and identification cards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. Notice to renew. The commissioner shall mail renewal notices to
4 residents issued a driver's license or a learner's permit forty-five to
5 sixty days before such driver's license or learner's permit expires.
6 The renewal notice shall detail the methods available for renewal, the
7 address of the nearest department of motor vehicles office, and shall
8 state "PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 3 OF SECTION 205 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
9 FIC LAW, THE COUNTY CLERK SHALL RETAIN 12.7 PERCENT OF RENEWAL FEES IF A
10 RENEWAL IS PROCESSED BY A DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH OFFICE
11 OPERATED BY THE COUNTY. THESE FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE VITAL COUNTY
12 SERVICES AND/OR REDUCE COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES."
13 § 2. Section 491 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
14 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
15 3. Notice to renew. The commissioner shall mail renewal notices to
16 residents issued an identification card forty-five to sixty days before
17 such identification card expires. The renewal notice shall detail the
18 methods available for renewal, the address of the nearest department of
19 motor vehicles office, and shall state "PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION 3 OF
20 SECTION 205 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, THE COUNTY CLERK SHALL
21 RETAIN 12.7 PERCENT OF RENEWAL FEES IF A RENEWAL IS PROCESSED BY A
22 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH OFFICE OPERATED BY THE COUNTY.
23 THESE FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE VITAL COUNTY SERVICES AND/OR REDUCE
24 COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES."
25 § 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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