Permits the commissioner of motor vehicles to require any licensed driver to submit to an examination or reexamination prior to such licensed driver's normal renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having jurisdiction of traffic offenses, or the governor or chief magistrate of a state or territory stating that the driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is questionable.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2174
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, BURDICK, SHIMSKY, DAVILA,
PAULIN, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to reexamina-
tion of licensees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 506 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. The commissioner may require any licensed driver to submit to an
4 examination or reexamination prior to such licensed driver's normal
5 renewal date upon receipt of a recommendation from a court having juris-
6 diction of traffic offenses, or the governor or chief magistrate of a
7 state or territory stating that the driver's ability to operate a motor
8 vehicle safely is questionable. In reviewing such licensed driver's
9 qualifications to operate a motor vehicle, the commissioner shall only
10 consider the previous ten years of the licensed driver's driving record.
11 § 2. 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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