Provides for the continuation of a commercial driver's license after lapse or termination of insurance if a person needs such license to perform his or her employment.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1748
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. HAWLEY, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing
for the continuation of a commercial driver's license after lapse or
termination of insurance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 318 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
3 16. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, the commercial
4 driver's license of a person who has had his or her registration or
5 license revoked or suspended pursuant to any provision of this section
6 shall not be revoked or suspended provided that such person has filed
7 with the commissioner a statement, in a form prescribed by the commis-
8 sioner, indicating that he or she needs such commercial driver's license
9 to perform his or her employment and that such driver shall only be
10 allowed to drive his or her work vehicle while in the performance of his
11 or her employment. Upon receipt of the foregoing statement the commis-
12 sioner shall restrict the driver to a commercial driver's license until
13 new proof of financial security has been secured.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
15 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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