Relates to automatically extending the renewal of driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards for two years if such license or non-driver identification card expires during 2020 or 2021.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7766
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 21, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. NIOU -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to automat-
ically extending the renewal of driver's licenses and non-driver iden-
tification cards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 502 of the vehi-
2 cle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2019, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) A license issued pursuant to subdivision five of this section
5 shall be valid until the expiration date contained thereon, unless such
6 license is suspended, revoked or cancelled, provided, however, that if
7 the expiration of a license occurs during the two thousand twenty or two
8 thousand twenty-one calendar year, such license shall automatically
9 renew and be valid for two years from the expiration date of such
10 license. Such license may be renewed by submission of an application for
11 renewal, the fee prescribed by law, proofs of prior licensing, fitness
12 and acceptable vision prescribed by the commissioner, the applicant's
13 social security number or, in lieu thereof, with respect to an applica-
14 tion for a non-commercial driver's license or learner's permit which
15 does not meet federal standards for identification, an affidavit signed
16 by such applicant that they have not been issued a social security
17 number, and if required by the commissioner, a photo image of the appli-
18 cant in such numbers and form as the commissioner shall prescribe. In
19 addition, an applicant for renewal of a license containing a hazardous
20 material endorsement shall pass an examination to retain such endorse-
21 ment. The commissioner shall, with respect to the renewal of a hazardous
22 materials endorsement, comply with the requirements imposed upon states
23 by sections 383.141 and 1572.13 of title 49 of the code of federal regu-
24 lations. A renewal of such license shall be issued by the commissioner
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 upon approval of such application, except that no such license shall be
2 issued if its issuance would be inconsistent with the provisions of
3 section five hundred sixteen of this title, and except that the commis-
4 sioner may refuse to renew such license if the applicant is the holder
5 of a currently valid or renewable license to drive issued by another
6 state or foreign country unless the applicant surrenders such license.
7 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 491 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
8 amended by chapter 580 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
9 follows:
10 1. Period of validity. An identification card shall be valid from the
11 date of issuance until the date of expiration determined by the commis-
12 sioner, except that (a) any person sixty-two years of age or older or
13 (b) any recipient of supplemental security income benefits defined in
14 section two hundred eight of the social services law, shall be eligible
15 for a card which expires ten years after the date of issuance, provided,
16 however, that if the expiration of an identification card occurs during
17 the two thousand twenty or two thousand twenty-one calendar year, such
18 identification card shall automatically renew and be valid for two years
19 from the date of expiration of such identification card. Such dates of
20 issuance and expiration shall be noted on the identification card.
21 However, the prior identification card shall expire on the date of issu-
22 ance of a renewal of such prior identification card. The commissioner
23 may extend the period of validity of an identification card in a manner
24 and form prescribed by the commissioner.
25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
26 have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2020.
