STATE OF NEW YORK
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3176
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 3, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
photo images on driver's licenses to be available to police agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic
2 law, as amended by chapter 173 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any photo image taken
5 as part of the application procedure for a learner's permit or an
6 original, duplicate, renewal or amended driver's license shall not be a
7 public record, except the photo image will be available to a police
8 agency.
9 § 2. The commissioner of motor vehicles shall promulgate regulations
10 to implement the technology so that the photo image of a driver's
11 license shall be available to police agencies who may transmit such
12 image to police officers effectuating their duties.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05222-01-5
