A09277 Summary:
| BILL NO | A09277 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Clark |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §491, V & T L | |
| Provides for the waiver of fees for non-driver identification cards for certain individuals. | |
A09277 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9277 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to fees for non-driver identification cards 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 491 of the vehicle and traffic 2 law, as amended by section 2 of part Q of chapter 58 of the laws of 3 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 3. Waiver of fee. The commissioner [may] shall waive the payment of 5 fees required by subdivision two of this section if the applicant [is]: 6 (a) is an incarcerated individual in an institution or correctional 7 facility under the jurisdiction of a state department or agency[, or]; 8 (b) is a victim of a crime and the identification card applied for is 9 a replacement for one that was lost or destroyed as a result of the 10 crime; or 11 (c) has an income which is below two hundred percent of the federal 12 poverty line. Such income shall be proven by providing one of the 13 following: 14 (i) a filed federal or state tax return from the previous year; 15 (ii) a letter from an employer documenting the dates of work of the 16 applicant and the yearly pay from the employer; 17 (iii) a W-2 annual wage statement or a federal tax form 1099 from the 18 previous tax year; or 19 (iv) a wage notice provided pursuant to section one hundred ninety- 20 five of the labor law that documents employment for a period of time 21 within six months prior to the date the applicant certifies that they 22 became eligible. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 24 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13776-01-5