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A01210 Summary:

BILL NO	A01210
SAME AS	SAME AS S07613
SPONSOR	McDonald
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §504, V & T L
Allows persons in recovery to have a distinguishing mark printed on their driver's license for cases of medical emergencies.

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A01210 Actions:

BILL NO	A01210
01/13/2023	referred to transportation
01/03/2024	referred to transportation

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A01210 Committee Votes:

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A01210 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1210
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing
          persons in recovery to have a distinguishing  mark  printed  on  their
          driver's license for cases of medical emergencies

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
     3    (a-2) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who opts
     4  to distinguish as a person in recovery shall, upon his  or  her  request
     5  and  submission  of  an  application  for  renewal  or  issuance of such
     6  license, contain a distinguishing mark of "R" indicating that he or  she
     7  is a person in recovery. The commissioner shall not require fees for the
     8  issuance  of  such licenses or renewals thereof to persons requesting an
     9  "R"  distinguishing  mark  which  are  different  from  fees   otherwise
    10  required. For the purposes of this section, a "person in recovery" shall
    11  mean  any  person  who  would like their license to specify for cases of
    12  medical emergencies that such person is in some form of drug or  alcohol
    13  recovery.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04044-01-3

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